[ 2011-04-12 ]

Police use tear gas to disperse rampaging Ivorian refugees
Police in the Western Region Tuesday morning used
tear gas to disperse irate Ivorian refugees at the
Ampain camp in the Western Region.

Some of the refugees, said to be angry at the
arrest of Laurent Gbagbo, vented their anger on
some journalists including a TV3 crew, which went
there to take shots of the Ivorians who had been
agitating for and against the arrest of Laurent
Gbagbo.

Kwaku Owusu-Peprah of Radio Maxx in Takoradi told
Joy News the refugees were not happy that their
permission had not been sought before the TV crew
started filming their discussions.

He said uneasy calm has returned now to the camp
with the Ivorians keeping their feelings to the
happenings in their country to themselves.

A leader at the camp, said the people have been
barred from doing politics in the camp. That, he
said is to ensure there is harmony in there.

Forces loyal to Alassane Ouatarra Monday captured
Mr Gbagbo a week after he holed himself up in a
bunker in the presidential palace.

Reports say gunshots have been in Abidjan and
looting is still going on.

This is in spite of appeals to the citizens by Mr
Outarra for calm.

Related to this, a group calling itself the
Coalition of Africans Against Foreign Intervention
(CAAFI) has staged a street protest in Accra to
express their displeasure against the presence of
foreign troops in Libya and Ivory Coast.

The demonstration follows the capture yesterday of
former Ivorian leader, Laurent Gbagbo, allegedly
with the support of French troops.

One of the leaders of the demonstration, Mr Kwesi
Pratt said the group was vehemently opposed to
foreign intervention in any country on the
continent.

“We are sending a signal to the world, that the
African people will resist any attempt to
re-colonise them again. We want the world to know
that Babylon is coming down and Babylon will
[prevail],” he told the demonstrators.

Mr Pratt, who is also the Managing Editor of the
Insight newspaper, vowed that “African patriots,
Pan-Africanists, Nkrumaists and progressive forces
and the forces of Socialism will continue the
resistance against neo-colonialism.”

“We will resist their economic interference; we
will resist their attempt to impose their culture
on us; we will resist their military intervention;
the struggle is not ending today, this struggle
will carry on until finally, we defeat the forces
of neocolonialism,” the outspoken critic of
western values preached.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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