And Now Ivory Coast: What Else Is New?

By Hama Tuma:  All the outcry on what is happening in Ivory Coast brings to my mind the 2005 election in Ethiopia and how the incumbent regime lost the general election but imposed martial law, shot dead more than 200 peaceful demonstrators, jailed close to 50,000 and imprisoned more than 120 opposition leaders. There was little said by Washington or London save for a few hardy souls from the EU. The double standard and hypocrisy is nauseating. Ivory Coast sprinkles salt in our still open wound.  Read More…