Comments on: Lessons learnt from Ivory Coast

By: TomMinney

TomMinney — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:56:56 +0000

lesson 3: make sure you control both the electoral commission and anyone else relevant.
So many African countries are pointing the way and reaping benefits of democracy and pease, when will remaining leaders be able to say they would rather relinquish power than see death and bloodshed of fellow countrypeople?

By: LD.GARTOR

LD.GARTOR — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 01:09:07 +0000

There is a West African proverb that says”When a monkey is about to die,it will not hear the whistle of the oncoming hunter”I just hope that people like Gaddafi,Yoweri Musevine,Robert Mugabe amongst others will learn that the days of the so-called “Africa Strongmen”are long gone.

By: AlyKhanSatchu

AlyKhanSatchu — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:54:06 +0000

Another Lesson is to keep the Man in the Elysee Palace sweet because he has apparently taken a much more forward Position in these Matters.
Aly-Khan Satchu
http://www.rich.co.ke

By: wca1956

wca1956 — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:50:32 +0000

Lesson 1: Gbagbo was wrong to proceed with the elections even though the UN have not yet disarmed the rebel forces.
Lesson 2: Gbagbo had complaints about fraud in the election, the election commission ignored it. However, the Constitutional Council looked into it, and declared Gbagbo the winner by a slim majority (after invalidating some votes).
Lesson 3: It is almost impossible to rig the election in the southern parts of the country. Most of the foreign observers were based there. The problem was in the northern parts of the country where there is “lawlessness”. And Ouattara got most of his votes from the north.