Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Professor and CIPI Director Jendayi Frazer discusses the Ivory Coast conflict

Professor and CIPI Director Jendayi Frazer discusses the Ivory Coast conflict across several international media channels. In her comments, Frazer addresses the war in the Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), strategies for minimizing the ongoing violence particularly around the transition for departing former Côte d'Ivoire president Laurent Koudou Gbagbo and incoming president Alassane Dramane Ouattara, and hopes for Côte d'Ivoire’s future economic development.

• Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio’s National Breakfast program featured an interview with CIPI Director Dr. Jendayi Frazer; hosted by ABC reporter Fran Kelly. Click to listen to the audio (mp3) (00:06:14)
• Frazer’s editorial, “The Martyr (Denied): Gbagbo’s Last Stance” was published on the websites for The Council on Foreign Relations, where she is Adjunct Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, on The Huffington Post’s World, and on Africa.com.