Cabinet Ministers Quit Over Children’s Deaths
From Times Wire Reports
Ivory Coast’s entire 32-member Cabinet resigned, state radio said, amid growing anger over a wave of toxic fumes blamed for the deaths of three children.
The ministers offered their resignations and President Laurent Gbagbo accepted them after the children’s deaths were attributed to residue from a gasoline shipment apparently dumped near residential areas in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s largest city and commercial hub, state radio reported.
A new Cabinet was expected to be formed.
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