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16 December 2004: Programme Number 26

COTE D'IVOIRE: THE UN'S TOP MAN RESIGNS AND UN SANCTIONS ARE RECOMMENDED;
SUDAN: THINGS WORSEN IN DARFUR BUT
HOPES REMAIN HIGH FOR NAIVASHA TALKS;
& DR CONGO: FRESH FIGHTING - IS RWANDA INVOLVED?

The UN envoy for Cote D'Ivoire, Albert Tevoedjre of Benin, resigns and tells us, Africa, the UN and the world have been "fooled."
"Now Laurent Gbagbo has been able to understand that he can't fool everybody here and there. Sanctions are needed, on whoever is opposing the peace process, fooling the people of Africa, heads of state, the UN Secretary-General, the Security Council - it is too much. Sanctions are needed," he said.


In Sudan, the UN suspends operations in south Darfur as two aid workers are killed and insecurity worsens but the UN's envoy in Sudan, Jan Pronk, expresses optimism about the signing of a comprehensive peace deal between the government and the south by the end of the year: "You may be sceptical. I've talked in Khartoum to all my staff there's no room for scepticism anymore. We're going to make it work."

Plus, thousands of civilians flee from fighting in the east between government soldiers and renegade soldiers suspected to be backed by Rwanda.

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