Côte D'Ivoire e a difícil convivência com a Democracia

Presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara said on Sunday that incumbent Laurent Gbagbo must step down after a disputed poll in Ivory Coast, and he named a rival government as African mediators tried to resolve the stalemate.

The November 28 election was aimed at reuniting the West African nation, split after a 2002-3 civil war, but both Gbagbo and Ouattara have claimed victory and taken presidential oaths.

Gbagbo was sworn in as president on Saturday even though the electoral commission declared Ouattara the winner, according to provisional results ratified by the United Nations.

Ivory Coast's military said it would re-open its land, air and sea borders from Monday at 6am (0600), after they were sealed during a tense wait for election results. It was unclear why the military decided to reopen the borders at this point.

E assim vai um pequeno pedaço de África. O problema típico de África, uma Democracia que teima em não instalar-se efectivamente, minada por projectos pessoais, ou lutas entre etinas ou tribos. Será que ainda vemos hoje em dia os efeitos de fronteiras traçadas ao sabor das antigas potências coloniais à mais de 100 anos?