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{{date|May 26, 2007}}
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The [[Ivory Coast]]'s pro-Government [[w:Great West Liberation Front|Great West Liberation Front]] (GWLF) militia destroyed their weapons in [[w:Guiglo|Guiglo]] on May 19, as part of an on-going [[w:disarmament|disarmament]] policy trailing the [[w:Ivorian Civil War|Ivorian Civil War]].

President [[Laurent Gbagbo]], who attended Saturday's ceremonial [[w:bonfire|bonfire]] of weapons, thanked the militia members. Denis Maho Glofiei, leader of the militia, stated that "We've realised that since the signing of [the Peace Deal], we have no more reason to exist," while handing Gbagbo two rifles.

The GWLF is one of four pro-government militias operating in the country. Rebel forces have long claimed that they refuse to disarm until the militias are disbanded.

While Abou Moussa, head of the [[w:United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire|UN Operations in Côte d'Ivoire]] oversaw the ceremony, the ceasefire was actually brought about by President Gbagbo's autonomous negotiations with rebel leader [[w:Guillaume Soro|Guillaume Soro]] who was named as the country's new Prime Minister in April.

==Sources==
*{{source|url=http://www.voanews.com/english/Africa/2007-05-22-voa5.cfm
|title=Former Ivorian Combatants Pin Conciliation Hopes On Disarmament and Fair Elections
|author=Howard Lesser
|pub=VOA News
|date=May 22, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/0263E572-26CC-4962-8017-9E5BCC013629.htm
|title=Ivory Coast militia burns weapons
|author=
|pub=Al Jazeera
|date=05/19/2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6673457.stm
|title=Ivorian militias start to disarm
|author=James Copnall
|pub=BBC News
|date=May 19, 2007}}

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