Cote D'Ivoire: Can Accra 3 End The 'No War No Peace' Paralysis?
29.07.2004
In the presence of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and other African leaders, Cote d'Ivoire's president, opposition and rebels will sit down today in the Ghanaian capital Accra to try to break a political deadlock and end what Ivorians call "no war, no peace". But ahead of the talks, billed by President Laurent Gbagbo as "the last meeting", the rival factions are maintaining their respective positions. Gbagbo's ruling party says the starting point is for rebels to disarm and the rebels are calling for parliament to first pass political reforms.