After eight years of political instability and economic hardship, the people of Ivory Coast went to the polls on October 31, 2010. Over eighty percent of registered voters turned out! On November 28 they voted again in a run-off. This blog by American writer Carol Spindel focuses on what the elections mean to the people of one community in the northern part of the country who voted peacefully but whose votes were thrown out.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Gbagbo Arrested!
Laurent Gbagbo has been arrested and taken to the Golf Hotel. He is being protected by United Nations peacekeepers. (Yes, it's ironic.)
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