Document #1144310

TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)

Nurses run checkpoint gauntlet to get medicines for north

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=42921&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=COTE_D_IVOIRE

ecoi.net summary:
Northern Cote d'Ivoire: some of the government soldiers at the checkpoints along the road from Odienne to Abidjan demanding bribes or unofficial taxes from nurses making the journey to get medicines
Country:
Côte d'Ivoire
Source:
TNH – The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN News)
Original link:
http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=42921&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=COTE_D_IVOIRE
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
30 August 2004
Document ID:
1144310 (former ID 31917)

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