The violent upheaval in Ivory Coast provides opportunity for infectious diseases to flourish and, at worst, establish long-term footholds in populations. We have to consider that possibility when contemplating an intervention in Ivory Coast.
The two UN officials charged with monitoring genocide and mass atrocity are sounding the alarm that political violence in Cote D'Ivoire may descend into a genocide.
About 25,000 Ivorians have fled their country to neighboring Liberia. The UN Refugee Agency just posted this video about a Liberian community struggling to cope with the influx of refugees.
There has been a surge in attacks against UN peacekeepers in Cote D'Ivoire in the past two days. Why the international community should be very worried.
A special guest post from Peter Yeo, Director of the Better World Campaign, on how UN Peacekeepers are helping to prevent the slide into civil war in Ivory Coast.
Cote D'Ivoire seems to have attracted the attention of the anti-Muslim agitator Pamela Geller. Alasanne Ouatarra, you see, is Muslim. To Geller, his victory in the November 28 elections presages "an Islamic takeover of the Ivory Coast.
After a day of shuttle diplomacy, the crisis in Cote D'Ivoire may be one step closer to being peacefully resolved. Meanwhile, the Obama administration is dangling an interesting offer to the sore loser of Cote D'Ivoire's election.
