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Ivory Coast Cabinet Resigns Amid Toxic Dump Crisis

HeadlineSep 07, 2006

In the Ivory Coast, the country’s governing cabinet has resigned following a toxic waste dump that left three people dead and more than fifteen hundred seriously injured. The waste dump was near the capital of Abidjan, leading to massive street protests around the city.

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