I don't know who first said it, but democracy is a messy process. Making the process work -providing a forum for diversity of ideas and ideals is not easy, but it is the way to proceed in order to build a modern productive nation. Some countries in Africa are still struggling with or actually have not accepted this process and either ignore or suppress the will of the people. The situation in Cote d'Ivoire is troubling. Our volunteers originally assigned there were evacuated to Ghana two weeks ago. Despite pressure from all over the continent and the world, Mr. Mbabo has refused to step down. One ego vs the choice of the people hmm. Yes, I know this is oversimplified, but in so many instances it seems that some countries here on the continent are not reaching their full potential because of this kind of 'leadership'.
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