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Abidjan, a city carved in two
The Ébrié Lagoon divides Abidjan in two. On the north bank stand the residential neighbourhoods of Cocody, Deux-Plateaux and Riviera, home to several hundred thousand people. To the south lie the port, the airport and the city's business and industrial districts. As the crow flies, barely two or three kilometres separate these two sides of the city. Yet for the tens of thousands of Ivorians who cross the lagoon each day, the journey is a long and arduous ordeal.
Until recently, the city...
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