UNOCI meets
leader of the RDR

L'Expression  -
A mission of UNOCI's Human Rights Commission met yesterday with the Chairman of
the RDR at his office in II Plateaux. The parties certainly discussed during the
meeting the violence and disturbance which occurred in the country.

UNOCI trains

Soir Info  -
The United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (UNOCI), in partnership with the
Local Committee for the Monitoring of Actions for Peace (LCMAP), on Monday, 17
May 2010, organized a training workshop on Human Rights and Elections for
political actors and community leaders in Kouassi-Datékro, 412 km northeast of
Abidjan.

The European
Union's representative meets Affi N'Guessan – Elections and reunification of the
country are discussed

Notre Voie  -
The representative of the European Union in Côte d'Ivoire, Thierry De
Saint-Maurice, met with the Chairman of the FPI, Pascal Affi N'Guessan,
yesterday, at the home of the above-mentioned chairman in Riviéra. During the
courtesy visit, both men discussed the situation in the country. "We discussed
the current situation in the country. I arrived in Côte d'Ivoire in February,
during a slightly complicated period. We therefore discussed the electoral
process for the holding of elections, which we hope will actually take place
this year. We hope that elections will be a gift to Côte d'Ivoire and that the
50^th anniversary will also be the year of elections", he said. The
diplomat also added that reunification which is one of the major objectives of
the crisis-resolution process in Côte d'Ivoire, was discussed during the meeting
with the FPI's chairman. (...)

After the 15 May
failure. Kouadio Konan Bertin (Chairman of the JPDCI): "The march will take
place before the world cup"

Soir Info  -
Kouadio Konan Bertin, also known as KKB, was talking to journalists on Tuesday
afternoon, 18 May, at the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Côte d'Ivoire
– Cocody - Sainte Marie. That was the first time the chief of the JPDCI was
meeting the press since the 15 May march fell through. (...) The chairman of the
JPDCI, even though he was admitted the postponement of the march had created
"doubt, sadness, sometimes anger in the population", said he was not
discouraged. He said that the march would take place "before the world cup".
"(...) Sooner or later, I say, the march will be rescheduled. I say: it will take
place. It is only the date I do not have today. But it will take place before
the world cup", KKB outlined. (...)

Atteby William, MP - "We must
use force to free the country"

Notre Voie
 – Member of Parliament
William Atteby said on Sunday, May 16, during a public lecture at Yopougon that
force must be used to free the country. In the following interview, he explains
his position.

Notre Voie:
Why do we need to use force to free Cote d'Ivoire?

William Atteby:
It is quite simple. We have found out that the Ouagadougou Agreement was
scheduled to last ten months. After 36 months we noticed that we are not making
any progress. The rebels continue to loot the resources of the country in the
north while they have access to the resources generated in the government zone.
Some of them are Ministers and others are in very high position. They have come
to like the power, they have realized that they have this power because they
have taken a part of the country, hostage. That is why I think we need to use
force to liberate the country. For me they are con artists unable to work for
the peaceful deliverance of our nation. (...)

For a piece of land, the
villages of Lopou and Yassap fought.

Le Quotidien
 – Many people were
injured and significant material damage was done after a clash between the
villagers of Yassap and Lopou. Shortly, after we arrived at 17:00 we found,
angry people ready to fight and high tension in these two villages of the
district of Dabou. Early in the morning, their residents had waged a fierce
battle that ended with injuries, the taking of forty hostages on both sides and
the burning of a pharmacy. These villagers fought because of a piece of land
separating their villages. (...). In the presence of the gendarmerie, the
prefect of the Lagunes region, Sam Etiassé, (...) reconciled the two villages. 
Around 18:30, peace came back in both villages and the hostages were released.
(...)