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The oil trading company Trafigura had agreed to pay $45m (£27m) to 30,000 victims in an out-of-court settlement. Claude Ghourou had argued he should be given responsibility for distributing the money via a local organisation. Trafigura had agreed to pay...

Senegal — Thousands of victims of one of the worst toxic dumping scandals in years could lose their hard-won settlement thanks to the maneuverings by a shadowy but “influential” figure in Ivory Coast , where the dumping occurred, the victims’...

Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo and leaders of the country's former rebel factions say the presidential election, will once again be delayed. During a visit Thursday to Yamoussoukro, President Laurent Gbagbo predicted the country's long-delayed presidential elections would once again be...

Neither the claimants nor Leigh Day and Co have independently commented on the settlement, which would amount to a $1,700 payout for each claimant. Petroleum residues In August 2006,  Probo Koala, a ship chartered by Trafigura, dumped caustic soda and...

A UN report accuses both the rebel-held north and the government-controlled south of stocking up on weapons, a month before a presidential election. It also says neighbouring Burkina Faso is systematically transferring weapons and ammunition to the rebels.

Former Ivorian prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara declared his candidacy for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. Filing his candidacy at the country's Independent Electoral Commission, Mr. Ouattara, more commonly known as Ado, pledged to run...

Two Lakota East freshmen were taken to Liberty Township's Children's Hospital for injuries after fighting at the school early this morning. An assistant principal at the Lakota East Freshman School - Bill Brinkman - also sustained a slight head injury...