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In Ivory Coast Capital, Tons of Waste Dumped

In the Ivory Coast capital of Abidjan, some residents recently woke to find their neighborhoods inundated with hundreds of tons of toxic sludge. Tony Cox talks with New York Times Africa correspondent Lydia Polgreen about the incident and the company suspected of flooding the capital.

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