Ivory Coast Mormons

Ivory Coast Mormons - Mormon Doctrine Studies - Posted: 27th Apr, 2011 - 11:39am

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Ivory Coast LDS Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Mormons
16th Dec, 2010 - 5:18pm / Post ID: #

Ivory Coast Mormons

It seems like things are very unstable there, what I do not understand though (in situations like this) why does the Church moves the Non-African LDS missionaries but keeps the African ones in the country even though there are safety concerns?

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SALT LAKE CITY - Political instability, clashes and the threat of military intervention following the Ivory Coast's disputed presidential elections last month have prompted the LDS Church to move its non-African missionaries serving in the Cote d'Ivoire Abidjan Mission to other West African nations.

"Due to the unrest surrounding the recent national election in Ivory Coast, some missionaries have been moved to other parts of the mission in Benin and Togo as a precaution," said spokesman Scott Trotter, spokesman for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Alassane Ouattara, a former prime minister, was declared the winner of the November presidential runoff by Ivory Coast's Independent Electoral Commission. However, the country's Constitutional Council invalidated those results and declared incumbent president Laurent Gbabgo the winner, with Gbabgo already having been sworn in for a new term.

As late as this week, clashes have been reported between opposing political sides throughout the country, with some commanders of national security forces threatening to take military action.

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has decried what he called a "political stalemate...


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27th Apr, 2011 - 11:39am / Post ID: #

Mormons Coast Ivory

Its too bad the church had to basically shut down the works there. hopefully things can get back to normal quickly in the Ivory Coast and then the Saints can commune again.




 
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