According to preliminary research by CNSIS , only two ambassadors were at the swearing in ceremony of internationally designated election usurper Gbagbo in Ivory Coast:  the ambassador from Angola and the ambassador from Lebanon.

The president of Angola finds himself in disagreement with the United Nations and has called for new elections in Ivory Coast.  Angolan diplomacy is on the rise. Check back with CNSIS for more details in the days to come.

President Ben Ali of Tunisia has fled to Saudi Arabia, abandoning power amidst riots that were fueled by anger related to unemployment and apparently commenced with the suicide of a young man who came to grief with officialdom because he was selling fruit without a license.  Ben Ali came to power in 1987.  Tunisia gained independence from France in 1956.