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Abidjan's Boribana neighbourhood is destroyed to make way for new bridge The Ivorian authorities start destroying the large working-class district of Boribana in Abidjan, with the objective of building a new bridge in Ivory Coast's economical capital. Boribana has some 60,000 residents for whom 34 billion CFA francs (51 million euros) are intended to compensate or help them relocate, according to the government. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES