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Ivorian government clears homes near airport after stowaway death

By Reuters
21 January 2020   |   2:35 pm
Thousands of residents left their homes near Abidjan's international airport on Monday after the government threatened to send in bulldozers as it seeks to create a buffer zone following the death of a teenage stowaway.

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