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Original Post Date: 2011-01-29 Time: 09:00:06 Posted By: News Poster
By Ahamefula Ogbu
Kenyan Prime Minister, Raila Odinga Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, warned the Economic Community of West African States and the African Union that their inaction on the crisis in Cote d’Ivoire was a time bomb that could ignite very soon by little sparks.
Odinga spoke during a special meeting of AU’s Peace and Security Council and ECOWAS on Cote d’Ivoire which is being attended by President Goodluck Jonathan who is the ECOWAS chairman.
Odinga also warned the two bodies, whose heads are gathered in Addis Ababa, that democracy would be meaningless in the continent unless a decisive action that would culminate in any contestant who won with even one vote taking over power was enforced.
Odinga has been AU mediator in the crises where an election believed to have been won by Allasane Ouattara is being usurped by Laurent Gbagbo, leading to clashes and loss of lives.
He said Africa was about losing competitiveness in electoral process unless they are able to enforce the results of the elections.
He called on the meeting to send a strong signal to the two parties in the crisis that they have to meet and negotiate face to face, adding that as at the last time he was on the mission, the country stood on a knife’s edge and any little spark could ignite a conflagration of armed conflicts which would do the continent no good.
“It is therefore vital that we in the AU lead the way immediately, mobilizing national, regional and international action to find a peaceful end to the crisis on the basis of resolutions already adopted by AU and ECOWAS.
“This is an African crisis and only Africa can find durable solution which will serve peace and the interest of all affected parties but there is still a level of unawareness about the most important fact surrounding the electoral process.
“My report to the PSC emphasizes that the agreement and how the elections were to be organized and conducted were formally approved by Gbagbo and the contending parties.”
Odinga said the two bodies should as a matter of urgency, deploy whatever measures they could, fast in solving the conflict as any time wasted had the potential of making the two groups resort to arms.
Meanwhile, the United States (US) National Security Advisor, Mr. Tom Donilon has expressed the need for a united front by the Economic Community of West African States, African Union (AU) and the United Nations (UN) Security Council to ensure that Ouattara is allowed to exercise his rightful role as the President of Core D’Ivoire.
He also noted that his country was ready to support ECOWAS) to ensure a peaceful transition of power in the troubled West African nation. Ouattara, winner of last November’s elections, in the country, has been prevented from assuming full office by incumbent Gbagbo who lost at the polls.
Donilon while receiving a delegation from the regional organisation, added that the US was also committed to ensure that Ouattara was allowed to exercise his role as President.
A statement from the White House which was made available to THISDAY by the US Mission in Abuja yesterday added that the delegation discussed the current situations and proffered solutions to the issue.
The US position may be a reaction to ongoing divisions currently apparent among member states of the African Union over who should be recognised as the President of Cote D’Ivoire. AU, as a body as well as ECOWAS currently recognise Ouattara
The ECOWAS Delegation was led by President Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone, accompanied by Ambassador James Victor Gbeho, President of the ECOWAS Commission, Odein H. Ajumogobia, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nigeria, and Abdel-Fatau M. Musah, the Director for External Relations of the ECOWAS Commission, the ambassadors from Nigeria, and Sierra Leone, with two ministers.
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Original date published: 29 January 2011
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201101290048.html?viewall=1