Please pray for Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast, an independent republic in West Africa, has been divided by a civil war that began in September 2002. There has been relative peace for the last few years, but the situation is beginning to escalate once again, according to Andy and Stephanie Gable, CMF missionaries to Ivory Coast. The Ivorian president’s term expired five years ago, but he has continued to delay the elections. He recently announced that he is dissolving the government and electoral commission. There are demonstrations and rumors of another coup d’etat.

“What will happen? I have no idea,” writes Andy. “What I do know is that Ivory Coast needs a lot of prayers in order to avoid some real serious problems, including violent ones.”