Choi meets with Security
Council today

Le Quotidien –
UNOCI Chief, Young-Jin
Choi who certified the final list on Friday 24 September 2010, will present a
report to the United Nations Security Council regarding the Ivorian electoral
process on Tuesday 28 September.

Sirasso sensitized to promote
peaceful election

Nord Sud (pro-Prime Minister's
Office) –
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) at the weekend encouraged
the population in Sirasso (670 km north of Abidjan) to contribute to promoting a
peaceful electoral environment. This was part of UNOCI Tour, an information and
sensitization caravan conducted by the Mission. Some 100 participants composed
of traditional chiefs, youth and feminine associations, other organizations of
the civil society, political parties, political and administrative authorities
and the local Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) met at the Town hall in
Sirasso to listen to the UN representative's message.

9^th edition of
confraternity tournament – UNOCI and UNJCI together for fair play

Le Nouveau Réveil  –
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI) handed over a fair-play
trophy to the National Union of the Journalists of Côte d'Ivoire (UNJCI) for the
ninth edition of the confraternity tournament organized by the union on 2
October 2010. The official handover ceremony, which was held on Thursday 23
September 2010 at the Mission's headquarters in Abidjan, was the opportunity for
Hamadoun Touré, Chief of the Public Information Office and also UNOCI's
spokesperson, to highlight the importance of fair-play, which goes beyond sport.
"As there is only a short time before the holding of the presidential election,
fair-play has a particular meaning", he said. "In fact, fair-play calls for
dialogue, respect of the rules of the game, respect for your adversary, respect
for the referee whatever his verdict. We should promote these values in the
coming weeks".

Presidential election –
Sarkozy's message to Gbagbo, Bédié and ADO

L'Inter  –
France will closely follow the upcoming presidential election in Côte d'Ivoire.
Four weeks before the election, it decided to send an emissary towards the
Ivorian authorities to speak to President-candidate Laurent Gbagbo and his most
serious adversaries the former Head of State, Alassane Dramane Ouattara. From
Saturday 2 to Sunday 3 October 2010, Claude Guéant will tell the three leaders
that France does not support any camp. "Paris has no candidate. Respect the
verdict of the vote", this is the message by the French President to the Gbagbo,
Bédié and ADO.
(...)

Presidential
elections in Côte d'Ivoire / Laurent Gbagbo to Ivoirians, from Bouna –« Give me
your vote to achieve peace »

L'Intelligent
d'Abidjan  –
The population in Bouna district warmly welcomed the candidate of
the Presidential Majority, on Monday 27 September 2010 at the sports centre in
the town. Laurent Gbagbo who was accompanied by the Minister of Mines and
Energy, Augustin Kouadio Komoé, the local representatives and professionals in
the district, officially announced his candidacy in the forthcoming presidential
election. Like the fourteen candidates in the Ivorian presidential election, the
candidate of the presidential majority is genuinely conducting a campaign. And
Bouna (east of Côte d'Ivoire) is the locality Gbagbo chose to talk to his
compatriots, like in 1990 and 2000 with a new slogan: "Together let us resume
our march towards progress".
(...)

Ivorian
presidential election / Anaky Kobena in Bruxelles: "The country is full of arms"

Le Nouveau
Réveil  –
The chairman of the Movement of Future Forces (MFA), Innocent Anaky Kobena, on
Friday was the guest of the Ivorian diaspora in Brussels. As usual, Anaky
directly expressed his opposition to his ex-friend and present political
adversary, Laurent Gbagbo. For him, everything should be done to get him out of
the President's office. But he is still convinced that it will not be easy.
Because they are faced with people who are determined to keep power by all
means. "This explains the fact that the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) is buying
arms in spite of the embargo imposed on Côte d'Ivoire by the United Nations. The
recent scandal regarding the plots between the Minister of Defence and some
channels selling arms is just the visible part of the iceberg", said the leader
of the Future Forces. For him, the Abidjan region as well as the western part of
the country is full of arms that have been hidden to be handed over to militias
if things do not happen as desired by the FPI.

Felix
Houphouet-Boigny Airport – The customs office seize a suitcase full of arms.

L'Inter  –
The sub-division of drug in the Ivorian customs office made a good catch last
week, at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny airport in Port Bouet. On Thursday 23
September 2010, the elements of Captain Gaha Lehi Honoré took hold of a suitcase
with four boxes, each one containing a 9 mm pistol made in Austria. The red
suitcase arrived in Abidjan by the Emirates Company coming from South Africa, on
Wednesday 22 September. The suspicious suitcase was sent by freight and was due
to be cleared through customs.

Presidential
elections / Plots between candidates – rumours between Gbagbo and Ouattara

L'Intelligent
d'Abidjan  –
Four weeks and three days before the elections, there are lots of comments.
According to rumours, there is a plot between Laurent Gbagbo, candidate of the
Presidential Majority (LMP) and Alassane Dramane Ouattara, candidate for the
Rally of Republicans (RDR); a very mysterious agreement which arouses many
questions. (...)