http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/10/28/ready-for-elections-in-ivory-coast-and-guinea/ African business, politics and lifestyle Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2010/10/28/ready-for-elections-in-ivory-coast-and-guinea/comment-page-1/#comment-8943 lydieboka Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:41:21 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/?p=4411#comment-8943 Although there is still a long way before they can become safer places, both countries are indeed making progress by going to the polls. Guinea could not continue be ruled by military regimes and Côte d'Ivoire could not go on without a clearly identified leader. Gbagbo was "ill-elected" in 2000 and the country did not have any elections for ten long years. It is better to have something resembling a return to normality than uncertainty and a suspension of aid. It is however likely that the process will be painful at least in the immediate post-election period, as in neither country will any of the main candidates lightly accept defeat. StrategiCo., http://www.strategico.fr, specialises in risk analysis in Africa and rates both countries as "high risk". Although there is still a long way before they can become safer places, both countries are indeed making progress by going to the polls. Guinea could not continue be ruled by military regimes and Côte d’Ivoire could not go on without a clearly identified leader. Gbagbo was “ill-elected” in 2000 and the country did not have any elections for ten long years. It is better to have something resembling a return to normality than uncertainty and a suspension of aid. It is however likely that the process will be painful at least in the immediate post-election period, as in neither country will any of the main candidates lightly accept defeat. StrategiCo., http://www.strategico.fr, specialises in risk analysis in Africa and rates both countries as “high risk”.

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