Ivory Coast clears houses close to airport after deadly stowaway incident

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Published Jan 27, 2020

Construction crews began leveling homes deemed too close to the airport in Ivory Coast’s commercial capital on Thursday, part of a crackdown on informal settlements after a teenage boy died earlier this month as a flight stowaway.

The tragedy involving an Air France jet bound for Paris underscored the risks that many in the West African nation are willing to take for a chance to live in Europe when they lack visas and the financial means to take commercial flights.

Authorities said the evictio…
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