Côte d'Ivoire: Optimism after new peace deal
08.03.2007
For the first time in years, national and international observers are genuinely optimistic about the possibilities of a peace process in Côte d'Ivoire. The government of President Laurent Gbagbo and his rivals of the ex-rebel Forces Nouvelles signed a peace deal in neighbouring Burkina Faso that may create a more credible transitional government and finally break the deadlock in the split country.