{"id":129942,"date":"2020-11-13T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/?p=129942"},"modified":"2020-11-13T10:06:34","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:06:34","slug":"us-embassy-urges-respectful-elections-in-ivory-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\/website_b1ce9d46\/us-embassy-urges-respectful-elections-in-ivory-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"US embassy urges respectful elections \u2013 in ivory coast!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Lisa Vives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShow commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/africaglobalnews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">democratic processes<\/a> and the rule of law!\u201d No, that was not the Democrats chiding the Republicans nor the Republicans scolding the Democrats in the recent election drama that brought scorn from President Donald Trump and praise from former vice president Joe Biden as a historic number of ballots were scrupulously tallied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather it was the U.S. embassy in Abidjan which issued a statement following that country\u2019s national election that read: &#8220;We urge all parties, groups, and individuals to engage in inclusive dialogue to find peaceful solutions to their disagreements and to heal national divisions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5506089157017573\" data-ad-slot=\"1517254432\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Writer and analyst Samira Sawlani wryly observed: \u201cThe irony was hard to miss. Just hours earlier, incumbent President Donald Trump had called the vote a \u2018major fraud on the nation\u2019 and declared himself the winner \u2013 even as ballots were still being counted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe leaders of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cote d\u2019Ivoire <\/a>should just cross out the name of their country, write USA instead and send this straight back,\u201d Chika Ejikeme, a 21-year-old Nigerian student wrote on Facebook, referring to the Ivorian election in which Pres. 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