Thousands of Ivory Coast residents were forced from their homes near Abidjan's international airport after the government threatened to bulldoze their homes to create a buffer zone following the death of a teenage stowaway
ABIDJAN - Authorities in Ivory Coast have evicted tens of thousands of people living near the country’s main airport in response to the death of a 14-year-old boy in the undercarriage of a plane earlier this month.
Ahead of the deadline on Monday, people in Adjouffou, a warren of dilapidated, low-slung houses with some 200,000 residents, hurriedly gathered their belongings, including tin roofs, mattresses and toilet seats.“We’re leaving, but where are we going to go?” said high school student Epiphanie Djossou. “I had to leave my stuff with family members and I don’t know how to get it back so I can go to school.
“A child came from Yopougon and because of that we are going to evacuate the entire neighborhood of Adjouffou. Why?” asked Jean Diriga.
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