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Côte d'Ivoire Crisis: WANEP Policy Briefs Update - December 3, 2002

Best case scenario

The present tension subsides and an acceptable peace deal signed between the government and the MPCI. With the help and collaboration of all regional stakeholders and the international community, the western rebellion joins in the peace negotiations. The international community reacts positively, by drifting from an apparently nonchalant position, and takes firm and concerted action and put an end to the anarchy in Côte d'Ivoire which is already a dangerous precedent.

The traditional fraternal relations between Côte d'Ivoire and her northern neighbours-Burkina Faso and Mali are restored following the December 3 meeting in Bamako between Gbagbo, Compaoré, and host Amadou Toumani Touré. The permanent state of suspicion and accusations become history and a new relationship is sealed as the foreigner syndrome and xenophobia gives way for recognition and acceptance. The land law in Côte d'Ivoire is revised and the ivoirité concept reformed. Regional economic cooperation reinforced and consolidated..