At Duekoue, that shot that celebrated the arrest of Laurent Gbagbo on Monday. In this town in western Ivory Coast held by allied forces in Ivory Coast president Alassane Ouattara, the tension of recent days has suddenly disappeared. Yet hundreds of people were massacred in recent weeks by gunmen on both sides.
"It has been too much damage, there were too many deaths and too many unnecessary casualties", said a man lost a leg in the middle of screaming and singing.
The residents of villages around Duekoue are also jubilant. They have massed along roads in the region to show their support Alassane Ouattara.The military meanwhile abandoned their dam to talk reconciliation.
"We, we want the president Alassane [Ouattara] come to a reconciliation for everyone, make a new country, and the activities resumed at zero," said a Republican Military Forces of Côte d'Ivoire (FRCI, pro-Ouattara). Côte d'Ivoire, the challenge of peace is just beginning ...
