Ivory Coast: The consequences for Africa's other strongmen | Global development | guardian.co.uk

Ivory Coast: The consequences for Africa's other strongmen | Global development | guardian.co.uk:

"Yet it may be easy to understand – without condoning – Gbagbo's stance. He must be wondering why the international community has singled him out for special attention when it hasn't acted with such aggression towards Robert Mugabe or Mwai Kibaki. The events of the past month certainly remind us of disconcerting truths about the brand of democracy in many African countries and elsewhere in the developing world, truths that the pressure for optimism often forces us to wish away."