October 11, 2004

Rebel and pro-government militias are to begin disarming, and getting paid several hundred dollars per man, on the 15th. However, the pro-government forces show no interest in granting all inhabitants of northern Ivory Coast full citizens rights. This is the root cause of the current unrest, and the northern rebels are aware of it. Many people in the country believe that the disarmament won't work and fighting will resume.