IVORYCOAST: OUATTARA APPOINTS THREE FORMER WARLORDS OF THE REBELLION AT THE HEAD OF SENSITIVE AREAS

IVORYCOAST:  OUATTARA APPOINTS THREE FORMER WARLORDS OF THE REBELLION AT THE HEAD OF SENSITIVE AREAS

According to official sources, the us-educated islamist president of IvoryCoast, Allassane Ouattara, has appointed three tribal militia men from the largely muslim northern part of IvoryCoast, regional prefects, Wednesday, Sept. 26. The first, Ousmane Coulibaly said "bin Laden" is assigned to San Pedro, the second port of IvoryCoast and the capital of the Bas-Sassandra. He was previously in charge of security in the neighborhood of Yopougon in Abidjan, where he committed, according to human rights groups, human rights violations ranging from rapes and summary executions, after reigning as zone commander in Odienne, the city where Simone Gbagbo is being held in custody since the fall of Laurent Gbagbo in April 2011.

The second Tuo Fozié, is appointed to Bondoukou, the capital of the region of Zanzan. He left his position as head of the unit responsible for the FRCI(pro-Ouattara tribal forces) fight against racketeering.
The third is the new warden commander Koné Messamba, former director of pro-Ouattara tribal  paramilitary forces. He must take up his duties in Guiglo in the west, the Liberian border, in the region of the Middle Cavally. These three appointments are held in particularly sensitive areas in terms of security.
These three pro-Ouattara forces commanders are responsible for extrajudicial executions on civilians, according to many NGOs.