Côte d’Ivoire: Peace as an option

For the first time in nearly four years, Ivorian political actors seem tempted by peace, says the International Crisis Group. "International intervention, the exhaustion of a population overwhelmed by its leaders’ bad faith, and a good start by Prime Minister Charles Konan Banny have primed the country for presidential elections, meant to be held before 31 October 2006. However, progress is far from irreversible," says the ICG.