Neglect and Fraud Blamed for Toxic Dumping in Ivory Coast
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At least 10 people died and thousands were sickened after chemical waste pumped from a tanker was dumped across the capital city in August.
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Because of tight regulations enacted by the European Union in 1994, proper waste disposal  has become prohibitively expensive. Enter the black-market trash brokers, who have taken to "port hopping" - moving toxic rubbish along the line of least resistance to underregulated areas in Africa or Asia.
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By The Modesto Bee, Calif.  Feb. 11--When David Moreno looks around, he sees all the evidence of an illegal dump.
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Vivid allegations of widespread corruption at the U.N. oil-for-food program by the top U.S. arms inspector have added credibility to accusations the United Nations looked the other way while Saddam Hussein's government skimmed billions of dollars and offered kickbacks to European and Arab countries and officials.
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BEIRUT: Lebanese expatriates in Ivory Coast accused their government of neglecting them and overlooking their needs as anti-French rebellions wrack the country.
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We take a look at the role of the media in the riots in Ivory Coast during the past 10 days. It would be easy to think that the last few days of anti-white violence, and explosive protest throughout the streets of Abidjan, have been the product of chaos.
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A growing international trade in discarded mobile phones is helping the worldâs poor. But will it poison the earth?
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France's involvement in Ivory Coast receives sceptical scrutiny in several papers.
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LILLE, France, Nov 17  - A French soldiers&#39; advocacy group on Wednesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo for an air strike November 6 that killed nine French peacekeepers.
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TechWeb - Western donations of old computers, mobile phones and televisions could be toxic &quot;hand-me-downs&quot; posing a hazard to the environment of poor countries, a major U.N. conference will hear this week.
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The legacy from environmental irresponsibility still hangs heavily over the city of Bhopal in India. Two decades after the world&#39;s worst industrial disaster, the site still needs to be cleaned up.
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The number of Ivorians to have died from toxic waste inAbidjan jumps to six, as 9,000 have sought treatment.
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The Government of the Ivory Coast is planning to take legal action against French troops accused of shooting civilians. The Ivorian Government is taking its case to the International Court of Justice.
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BREMEN, Germany, Sep 21 (IPS) - The Panamanian flagged ship Probo Koala unloaded  more than 550 tonnes of toxic waste at Abidjan port in C- te  d'Ivoire a month back. Emissions from that toxic waste have  killed seven people and poisoned thousands.
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Cocoa exporters in Ivory Coast may be forced to restructure their operations after thousands of expatriates fled days of rioting and others consider
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- A UN report on human rights abuses during Ivory Coast's civil war includes a secret annex naming 200 people who could face UN sanctions or international prosecution, a UN source said yesterday.
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Two senior French officials of the company whose toxic waste was dumped in Ivory Coast are charged.