
Abidjan landfill transformed into city parkland
Abidjan (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 - Beneath the fresh grass and brand-new infrastructure of Abidjan's Akouedo Park lie millions of tons of waste that for decades plagued locals' lives and health.
Aug 8, 2025
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Abidjan (AFP) Aug 8, 2025 - Beneath the fresh grass and brand-new infrastructure of Abidjan's Akouedo Park lie millions of tons of waste that for decades plagued locals' lives and health.
Aug 8, 2025

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Paris (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 - France's top constitutional authority on Thursday blocked a law that would allow the reintroduction of a pesticide virulently opposed by environmental groups.
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Washington (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 - US President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered officials to work on a new census excluding undocumented immigrants, as the White House presses Republican states to draw more favorable voter maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.
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Paris Aug 7, 2025 - Simon Bernard's private war on plastic pollution began in 2016.
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Lagrasse, France (AFP) Aug 7, 2025 - French firefighters said Thursday they were hoping to halt the country's biggest wildfire this summer that has left one person dead and destroyed several thousand hectares of land and dozens of homes in the south.
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