Relacionar Columnas Trial 6Versión en línea Trial 6 por Martin Smith 1 An hour down the road, in the gold rush town of Isoko, the environmental and social costs of Ivory Coast’s mining boom are becoming apparent. 2 A year ago, this was a forest village. 3 The locals call it Abidjan2 (the country’s capital is called Abidjan). 4 Yes, all over here, there used to be cocoa fields and palm trees. Now it’s a boom town, several thousand strong. They were all destroyed to make space for gold. Here petrol fumes mingle with rumours of a treasure there for the taking. Its dense population and frenetic energy remind them of the country’s biggest city.
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