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Ivory Coast: Abidjan residents set up sanitation system

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Clélia Benard
September 26, 2023

After being swamped with sewage during the rainy season, a neighborhood in the Ivorian capital formed a volunteer sanitation brigade. They built a runoff canal for sewage, and they clear it regularly. They also pick up garbage.

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