Everything is collapsing with the first shots on Monday March 28.?? Trembling, Clementine follows the fighting that put Duékoué under fire and sword. The northern army has crossed the line. To get it over with. The northern rebels have launched all their auxiliaries in the battle, dozos, their militias and even the gang of killers of warlord, Amade Ouéremi, from Burkina Faso. They descend from the mountains, seep through the bush, down on all sides at once, sweeping presidential security forces that were protecting the civilians . They take Duékoué a few hours, then stop, partying and plundering. This is the error. From the South, a pro-government unit with a tank, attack and takes the city center. In the afternoon, the main body of the north, coming as reinforcements, disintegrating the tank and terminates 24 hours a confused and bloody battle. On the morning of Tuesday, March 29, dozens of dead bodies cover the sidewalks of Duékoué. The valiant security forces have decamped, leaving the civilians defenseless against Ouattara's blood hungry fighters .
Town Carrefour is the first stop on their way. They surround the houses. Men are sorted, their ID cards examined. Malinke name: live. Ivorian identity card, a name Guéré (Wê): a shot in the head. Outside, the women are on their knees. They forced us to sing their glory. "Warriors, Warriors," says Julie, a resident. These attackers are divided into three groups. The killers, looters and gators. The gators are those who water our houses with petrol before setting fire. A priest and his children are surprised at the church: what is your party? The party of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ? They are slaughtered. Amid screams and explosions, the attackers insult their victims. You voted Gbagbo, traitors! And former tenants rejoice: You mistook us for the servants. We came back supreme. We will take your wives, your land, your fields. And you will eat mud! And they kill. By late morning, Carrefour is on fire. They start to invade the surrounding villages. " Unbearable this story right? It's not all. "A Bahé. B, a few kilometers from Duékoué, Denis spade his cassava field, he hears a noise, goes to his wife, saw eight men in fatigues, red scarf and sandals are on the plastic (Leke) feet. Who's there?, Three shots meet him. He falls, left for dead. On the third day of the killings, the killers do not sort their victims anymore. My wife Helen, my twin 4 ½ years, my 2 year old son. They killed nine people in my family, "says Denis paralyzed in blood. Denis hears a call for help from his niece, his adopted daughter aged 13. "Dad, they are raping me! "Denis saw several men around the child, the cries last an eternity. Then they stop. Denis then discovers the body of his niece, a discharge of shot in the chest. All night, Denis hears dogs barking of dozos entering the bush, hunt the survivors, the peasants in their camps. In the morning, Denis crawls towards the road and crosses a column of UNOCI. After a long period of inertia, peacekeepers begin to patrol, bury the dead and look for survivors. "
The French newspaper Le Nouvel Observateur, puts forward a figure of at least 2,000 dead, very close to the conclusions of our investigations in 1800 indicating Duékoué people summarily executed and four mass graves, the most important one is carved to the opposite of the entry of Carrefour by UNOCI on a wetland. Like Human Rights Watch, the ICRC and Amnesty International have condemned these atrocities and demanded that the perpetrators be brought before international courts. Even UNOCI formally identified, in its time, the Pro-Ouattara forces and his militias as those found responsible for the extermination of populations Wê
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
LA GUERRE DU CACAO
EXTRAITS DU LIVRE" ABOBO LA GUERRE" DE LA JOURNALISTE FRANCAISE LESLIE VARENNE
le 28 Mars, des combats font rage entre d'un cote les soldats d' Allassane Ouattara accompagnes des Dozos et de l'autre des FDS aides par des mercenaires liberiens pour prendre le controle de la ville de DUEKOUE.
Des le lendemain, les FRCI, toujours escortes par les chasseurs traditionnels, gagnent la bataille et se rendent maitres de la ville. Les FDS et leur cortege de miliciens fuient et laissent la population des ethnies We et Guere soutenant Laurent Gbagbo sans aucune protection. Les FRCI et les Dozos massacrent les habitants au lieudit <<Carrefour>> et se livrent a un carnange ethnique. Ils demandent les cartes d'identite et tuent selon le patronyme. La CROIX ROUGE INTERNATIONALE denombre huit cent seize victimes pour la meme journee, presque tous les morts sont des hommes.
Si cette violence gratuite de la part d'une armee contre des populations civiles est intolerable, l'acceptation tacite de ces massacres par la France et L'ONU l'est encore plus. La composition sociologique des FRCI permettait d'envisager le pire: Lancer une armee ethnique a l'assaut d'une poudriere ethnique est un acte inconsequent et irresponsible. Et L'ONU savait, L'ONU etait presente et l'ONU n'a rien fait!
le 28 Mars, des combats font rage entre d'un cote les soldats d' Allassane Ouattara accompagnes des Dozos et de l'autre des FDS aides par des mercenaires liberiens pour prendre le controle de la ville de DUEKOUE.
Des le lendemain, les FRCI, toujours escortes par les chasseurs traditionnels, gagnent la bataille et se rendent maitres de la ville. Les FDS et leur cortege de miliciens fuient et laissent la population des ethnies We et Guere soutenant Laurent Gbagbo sans aucune protection. Les FRCI et les Dozos massacrent les habitants au lieudit <<Carrefour>> et se livrent a un carnange ethnique. Ils demandent les cartes d'identite et tuent selon le patronyme. La CROIX ROUGE INTERNATIONALE denombre huit cent seize victimes pour la meme journee, presque tous les morts sont des hommes.
Si cette violence gratuite de la part d'une armee contre des populations civiles est intolerable, l'acceptation tacite de ces massacres par la France et L'ONU l'est encore plus. La composition sociologique des FRCI permettait d'envisager le pire: Lancer une armee ethnique a l'assaut d'une poudriere ethnique est un acte inconsequent et irresponsible. Et L'ONU savait, L'ONU etait presente et l'ONU n'a rien fait!
Friday, March 23, 2012
IVORYCOAST : HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES FROM PRO-OUATTARA'S FORCES
Ivory Coast security forces accused of killings, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations are acting alone and not under government orders, a United Nations official said Wednesday, as the West African nation struggles to impose order after months of violence and chaos.
Doudou Diene, the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Ivory Coast, said in Wednesday's report that most of the violations in the country result "less from the state's complicity than from its failure to prevent them, because of the difficulty of reforming the security sector."
Officials in Ivory Coast did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. An Ivorian official said earlier this month that the government was aware of lawlessness in the country and was attempting to curb it, but that it was "difficult" because of the amount of illegal weapons in circulation.
Diene implicated government forces in 27 cases of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment, 22 cases of arbitrary arrest and 9 killings during the last months of 2011. His report was based on two visits to Ivory Coast in November and December. U.N. spokesman Martin Seutcheu in Geneva said Diene presented the report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva Wednesday morning.
Ivory Coast's new military, the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast, is composed mostly of rebel soldiers who helped bring Ouattara to power last spring.
The government has attempted to merge the former rebels, who hail from the predominantly Muslim north, with members of former military. Those two armed groups fought each other during the 2011 violence, and have a long history of political and ethnic division.
Diene cited the government's difficulties in merging the forces.
"The promised creation of a national army reflecting the country's ethnic, religious and cultural diversity has been delayed because those who participated in the rebellion have differing backgrounds and have not all received standard military training," he reported.
Human rights groups questioned some aspects of the U.N. report.
A researcher at Human Rights Watch said the report "shies away" from criticism.
"As he continues his vital work after a decade of grave human rights abuses, the Independent Expert should look more deeply at the role of the Republican Forces in ongoing abuses and at the one-sided justice that threatens to further political-ethnic tensions," Matt Wells said.
The International Crisis Group also said that the violations are still the government's responsibility.
"I share the view that most violations ... are linked to the lack of progress in initial steps of security sector reform," said Gilles Yabi, West Africa Project Director of the International Crisis Group. The violations, he said, "have to do with the indiscipline of (the Republican Forces), lack of clear chain of command and control, and a strong sense of impunity."
But, he added: "Saying that does not mean that the state does not have a responsibility ... A better control of the (Republican Forces) and strong and visible sanctions of the perpetrators is of course government's responsibility."
Diene also said he was "troubled" by reports of attacks against religious buildings and leaders in late 2011.
He reported "some 40 attacks" by members of government forces and unidentified armed men.
"Priests and laypeople were manhandled, humiliated and stripped naked in the attacks, and a number of ceremonial objects and items belonging to the clergy were removed," he reported. "The recurrence and scale of the attacks, the victims and targets chosen and the modus operandi of these armed men suggest that the acts were carefully planned and orchestrated."
PRO-OUATTARA'S FORCES ETHNIC CLEANSING IN IVORYCOAST
Ivory Coast security forces accused of killings, arbitrary arrests and other human rights violations are acting alone and not under government orders, a United Nations official said Wednesday, as the West African nation struggles to impose order after months of violence and chaos.
Doudou Diene, the U.N.'s independent expert on human rights in Ivory Coast, said in Wednesday's report that most of the violations in the country result "less from the state's complicity than from its failure to prevent them, because of the difficulty of reforming the security sector."
Officials in Ivory Coast did not respond to requests for comment Wednesday. An Ivorian official said earlier this month that the government was aware of lawlessness in the country and was attempting to curb it, but that it was "difficult" because of the amount of illegal weapons in circulation.
Diene implicated government forces in 27 cases of torture and inhuman and degrading treatment, 22 cases of arbitrary arrest and 9 killings during the last months of 2011. His report was based on two visits to Ivory Coast in November and December. U.N. spokesman Martin Seutcheu in Geneva said Diene presented the report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva Wednesday morning.
Ivory Coast was plunged into chaos after former strongman Laurent Gbagbo refused to step down after losing a 2010 election to elected President Alassane Ouattara. The U.N. says at least 3,000 people were killed in the ensuing violence. Gbagbo was sent to the International Criminal Court last year to face charges of murder, rape and other crimes allegedly committed by his supporters.
The government has attempted to merge the former rebels, who hail from the predominantly Muslim north, with members of former military. Those two armed groups fought each other during the 2011 violence, and have a long history of political and ethnic division.
Diene cited the government's difficulties in merging the forces.
"The promised creation of a national army reflecting the country's ethnic, religious and cultural diversity has been delayed because those who participated in the rebellion have differing backgrounds and have not all received standard military training," he reported.
Human rights groups questioned some aspects of the U.N. report.
A researcher at Human Rights Watch said the report "shies away" from criticism.
"As he continues his vital work after a decade of grave human rights abuses, the Independent Expert should look more deeply at the role of the Republican Forces in ongoing abuses and at the one-sided justice that threatens to further political-ethnic tensions," Matt Wells said.
The International Crisis Group also said that the violations are still the government's responsibility.
"I share the view that most violations ... are linked to the lack of progress in initial steps of security sector reform," said Gilles Yabi, West Africa Project Director of the International Crisis Group. The violations, he said, "have to do with the indiscipline of (the Republican Forces), lack of clear chain of command and control, and a strong sense of impunity."
But, he added: "Saying that does not mean that the state does not have a responsibility ... A better control of the (Republican Forces) and strong and visible sanctions of the perpetrators is of course government's responsibility."
Diene also said he was "troubled" by reports of attacks against religious buildings and leaders in late 2011.
He reported "some 40 attacks" by members of government forces and unidentified armed men.
"Priests and laypeople were manhandled, humiliated and stripped naked in the attacks, and a number of ceremonial objects and items belonging to the clergy were removed," he reported. "The recurrence and scale of the attacks, the victims and targets chosen and the modus operandi of these armed men suggest that the acts were carefully planned and orchestrated."
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
PRESIDENT OUATTARA DEPUTY IS ASKING HIS ACTIVISTS TO SEND ALL PRO-GBAGBO IN THE CEMETERY
"WE CALL ON OUR MEMBERS TO PUT THEMSELVES IN BATTLE TO SUBDUE ALL PRO-GBAGBO LOYALISTS. YES WE CAN CRACK THEM DOWN. GBAGBO LOYALISTS FORGET THAT ALL THOSE WHO HAVE OPPOSED PRESIDENT ALLASSANE OUATTARA IN THE PAST LIE NOW IN THE CEMMETERY" DIXIT PRESIDENT OUATTARA'S DEPUTY
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
VICTIMS OF OUATTARA'S BLOOD HUNGRY FORCES
A young man hides his face after recounting the story of his injuries from post-election violence, Bangolo Hospital, western Côte d’Ivoire. He was shot by advancing pro-Ouattara forces and left for dead until a passing soldier heard him groan. Out of bullets, the soldier began hacking at him with a machete
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Thursday, March 1, 2012
END OF A DICTATOR
France election: Sarkozy hides in bar amid protest
Hundreds of angry protesters have booed French President Nicolas Sarkozy, forcing him to take shelter in a bar as he campaigned in the Basque country ahead of April's presidential election.
Some in the crowd then threw eggs at the bar guarded by riot police in the south-western town of Bayonne.Mr Sarkozy described the protesters - Basque nationalists and supporters of his rival Socialist candidate Francois Hollande - as "hooligans".
He left the bar after about an hour.
The Basque region straddles south-western France and northern Spain.
Sarkozy 'saddened'
Mr Sarkozy was met in Bayonne by a hostile crowd, who jeered him and shouted insults.
Some chanted "Nicolas kampora", which in the Basque language meant "Nicolas get out".
Mr Sarkozy was also showered with campaign leaflets calling for greater Basque autonomy.
Riot police had to be deployed around the Bar du Palais, where the president took refuge.
Visibly angry, Mr Sarkozy later denounced "the violence of a minority and their unacceptable behaviour".
"Here, we're in France, on the territory of the French republic, and the president of the republic will go everywhere. And if that doesn't please a minority of troublemakers, too bad for them", he said.
He also said he was "saddened to see Hollande's Socialist militants associating with [Basque] separatists in violent protests to terrorise ordinary people who want just one thing: to meet and talk with me".
A senior member of Mr Hollande's campaign team later said that while the party leader condemned any violence, no Socialist was involved in the Bayonne incident, the AFP news agency reports.
Opinion polls show that Mr Sarkozy is lagging behind Mr Hollande, although the current president is narrowing the gap.
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