Destination C?d’Ivoire

Given that the last couple of possible missions have not happened due to events beyond either my or MSF's control, I've refrained from telling everyone that I might be heading off to the western part of Ivory Coast. Should this prove to be a case of third time lucky, I´m likely to be off in the next couple of weeks: Just enough time to swing up from Barcelona to see my brother in Alsace, then a quick flight back to the UK in time to say bye to the people most important to me, then, via Amsterdam, out 'on mission'. Tomorrow (or rather later today - it's that nocturnal Barcelona lifestyle) I have a nice long journey (flying to Geneva, then train to Basel) to read through a wad of printouts with titles such as

No Escape - Liberian refugees in C?d´Ivoire

and

EU Crisis Management - A Humanitarian Perspective

and

C?d’Ivoire: "The war is not yet over"

As well as some more practical ones from MSF that start with sentences like "Bon venue en C?d’Ivoire!!!!" This time it might really happen.