A red triangle with a skull and cross bones symbol gives the first indication that this area on the outskirts of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan is no rural idyll. Women may use their heads to carry wood back home while men snooze in the shade of the trees, but a slight odour hangs in the air.
A red triangle with a skull and cross bones symbol gives the first indication that this area on the outskirts of Ivory Coast's main city Abidjan is no rural idyll.
Women may use their heads to carry wood back home while men snooze in the shade of the trees, but a slight odour hangs in the air.
In August 2006 a local company hastily fly-tipped truckload after truckload of chemical waste at around 15 locations around the city.
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