MORE BAD NEWS FOR THE UNITED NATIONS. The U.N. backed Alassane Ouattara for president of the Ivory Coast. Quattara won the election. But the incumbent president refuses to go.
Quattara is muslim and is from north Ivory Coast, where most of the immigrants live. He earned a doctorate in economics in the United States 1967 and worked as both Africa Director of the International Monetary Fund and as governor of the regional Central Bank of West African State. He previously had backed a coup that lead to a civil war in 2002 where the militias supporting him were alleged "to have perpetrated human rights abuses." Despite that, the U.N. backed him in the election last November.
On Saturday, the U.N. accused the militia fighting to install Quattara of "extra-judicial executions" of more than 330 people in Duekoue. The International Red Cross says about 800 people were killed in an operation by pro-Ouattara forces in the town last Tuesday.
March 31 - The European Union and United States imposed sanctions on incumbent Gbagbo in an effort to make him leave office. The U.N., in a resolution proposed by France and Nigeria, passed Resolution 1975 demanding Gbagbo step down.
Quattara has accepted help from a northern-based rebel group, whose members make up the majority of the fighters now assaulting Abidjan.
April 2 - Aid workers find 1,000 bodies in Duekoue. "The apparent massacre came despite the presence of United Nations troops..."
April 3 - US renews call to ICoast's Gbagbo to quit ""The path forward is clear," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said early Sunday. Gbagbo "must leave now so the conflict may end."
LATEST: April 3 - UN and French peacekeepers have taken control of Abidjan airport.
Arpil 3 - U.N. evacuating 200 employees.
And isn't that just the story of the U.N, France, and Africa?
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