Hotel Rawanda : Relive the reality!!!

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Hotel Rawanda : forgot it ? now remember : Hotel Golf
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Date : 18/12/2010
Place: Abidjan
Country: Ivory Coast

Part I: Ivory Coast :

"somewhere on the other side of the globe,where the sand is as brighter as ours is, where people are the same as we are, where one third population stays below poverty line as ours is.......................................People are tortured, massacred and life is everywhere on streets in the form of blood, flesh ......

I am talking about Ivory Coast, small african country which is on the verge of another civil uprising again.
A country which earned its freedom in 1960 from french claws! Led by Mr.Houphouët-Boigny who ruled as president from independence in 1960, managed the balance of ethnic mix and religious sentiments of the ethnic groups cleverly and changed the face of this small african nation. Ivory Coast was the most developed african nation by the end of 70s with huge exports of cocoa, coffee. will you believe, Ivory Coast maintained its economic growth rate at 10% for 2 decades from 1960 to 1980. But it was followed by draught & further dissent which crippled the agriculture led economic growth and resulted in huge inflation and uprising of opposition. The old & feeble president died in 1993, & thus the one-time African success story was fraying at the edges.
The void space infuriated clashes over the succession for the presidential post!!!

Part II: Who's Who?

1) Laurent Gbagbo : Culprit

The president, a former history professor, became one of the first politicians to challenge the country’s first president, Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Imprisoned in the 1970s, he later lived in exile in France. In a hotly contested election in 2000 he ousted coup-maker Robert Guei. Repeated delays to planned polls allowed him to remain in office long after his term expired in 2005.

Illegally positioned himself as president from 2005 till date and has defied all attempts of international community to bring in peace in the nation.

2)Charles Blé Goudé : Butcher with Brain

One of Laurent Gbagbo’s most notorious supporters, Mr Blé Goudé’s Jeune Patriotes militia is able to draw thousands of armed men on to the streets. Mr Blé Goudé, who is known for his anti-French and anti-immigrant rhetoric, & his ability to rage anger against the non-ivorian ethnic groups, is under UN sanctions for his role in organising and leading anti-French and anti-northerner violence in the country in 2004.
He is the main aide in the problem.

3) Alassane Ouattara : Waiting for Justice
Former economist at the International Monetary Fund who served as prime minister 1990-93. A Muslim from the north, Mr Ouattara was barred from contesting elections after a court ruled that his mother was a Burkina Faso national. Draws support from northern region still held by rebels since the 2002-03 civil war and almost universally acknowledged abroad as the rightful president following last month’s polls.

Part III: Hotel Rawanda coming again!!!

U remeber, movie Hotel Rawanda in which Paul Rusesabagina (played Don Cheadle), the manager of the Sabena Hôtel des Mille Collines. the manager saves lives of people trapped inside the hotel which was surrounded by Hutu rebels who were searching Tutsi refugees to kill, or to massacre.
On the same line, there is a hotel in the city of Abidjan which is giving refuge to the presidential candidate Mr.Alassane Ouattara.
Name of the hotel is "Hotel Golf" http://www.golfhotel-ci.com/default_en.aspx

As per the reports that arrived yesterday, some 600 UN peace keeping soldiers were guarding the hotel from the militia of the president. As a precautionary measure they had put up razor wires all around the hotel & put up a tank at one of the corner of the hotel to retaliate any onslaught from rebel militias.....

Part IV: Are we expecting something ?

Nicolas Sarkozy, has tried his best, UN, USA are going to put up sanctions over Ivory Coast. Robert Mugabe tried to intermediate in the fray but failed. Entire african nations & the international community wants peace there...........wants the situation to be placated asap but is this possible?

Answer is in the future & which is uncertain.....Lets Hope for the Best!!!!

as it is said for the Ivory Coast warriors :
" It’s in their core: to fight to the death "
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can it be changed as
"Don't fight, Live & Let Live!!!!

courtsy to : Wikipedia