NEW YORK – The capture of Laurent Gbagbo will end months of fierce fighting, but won’t heal the cancer of divisive nationalism and ethnic politics that have crippled the West African nation, writes Mvemba Phezo Dizolele. The capture of Ivory Coast’s embattled president, , by forces loyal to his challenger, —backed by the French military and United Nations peacekeepers—signals an end to the fierce fighting that has paralyzed the West African country, and clears the way for Ouattara to finally assume the presidency. The showdown with Gbagbo’s troops in the financial capital, Abidjan, was the culmination of a bloody three-month struggle across much of the…
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