However, Chadian carriers complain that they have been given a bare minimum, and therefore demand that the terms be renegotiated with subcontracting oil companies. The SNTR would like the oil principals to share the transport between Camaroonians and Chadians equitably since it is a Chadian initiated project. Contacts are being made with subcontracting companies and the Chadian government with a view to revising the transport quota of the oil project materials. The SNTR president said there is room for other transport owners to join the union. The era of monopoly is over, but we have to be united to defend our interests better.
Foreign companies are welcome.
The warrants disclosed that the six soldiers are wanted by a military tribunal to answer for several crimes including threats to state security and several assassination attempts. The fugitives, all of whom belong to the same Dioula ethnic group as Alassane Dramane Ouattara, were initially detained in the Akouedo military barracks in Abidjan. They managed to escape during the popular uprising which swept Laurent Gbagbo to power in October. T his case is of major significance because it illustrates the continuing fragility of government, an air of witch-hunting between rival factions and the partisan nature of much of the army. The Ivorian Council of Ministers has adopted a draft budget of CFA francs 1,803 billion for the country for fiscal 2001.