In Ivory Coast, the village of Ebrié, in the commune of Adjamé, was partly demolished on July 21 by the authorities of the economic capital. Full of bitterness, some local residents are still searching through the rubble, more than a week after this eviction operation in preparation for the extension of a road leading to the fourth bridge of Abidjan.
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With our correspondent in Abidjan, Abdoul Aziz Diallo
In Ivory Coastit has been almost a week since part of the village of Ebrié in the commune of Adjamé was demolished by the authorities of the economic capital. This comes in view of the extension of the road leading to the fourth bridge of Abidjan.
Some local residents are still there and are trying to find their belongings among the piles of rubble, like Christelle Beugré: ” My things are in the house, my children’s diplomas, my grandchildren’s papers. Everything is buried. »
Five days after their home was demolished, this local resident and her sisters are still on the site. Helped by local youth, they are searching through the rubble in the hope of finding some of the buried belongings.
Since then, not knowing where to go, this family has been installed in the garage, the only part having escaped the machines. Christelle deplores this situation: ” We buy water with cans. For food, our neighbors – those who were not affected – and others who pass by give us 1,000 or 2,000 CFA francs. Others give us food. And that’s how it happens. »
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The State allocates 4.3 billion FCFA to compensate those affected
According to these residents, the Abidjan authorities have exceeded the area of right-of-way planned for the extension of the road leading to the fourth bridge.
Adrienne Beugré is one of those affected. We are waiting for them to come and do their thing and then give us back the rest of our land and we will build here, she throws. If they want to compensate us, okay, we’ll take it to build. If they don’t want to compensate us, we’ll figure out how to build what we can ourselves. »
An amount of 4.3 billion FCFA (or 6.5 million euros) was released by the Ivorian State to compensate those affected.
The chieftaincy continues to demand that discussions continue in order, according to it, to expand the list of rights holders.
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