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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - President Laurent Gbagbo will reinstate three senior officials suspended after hundreds of tons of toxic waste were dumped in the capital of civil-war divided Ivory Coast, leaving 10 dead and thousands seeking treatment, his spokesman said.
A government report issued last week accused all three men of negligence and flaunting regulations in the dumping of material that spread noxious fumes across Abidjan and sent 100,000 people to health clinics.
An initial suspension of the three — Abidjan port director Marcel Gossio, customs boss Konan Gnamien and Abidjan district Gov. Djedji Amondji — has been shortened and the officials will return to office within three weeks, presidential spokesman Desire Tagro said late Sunday.
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