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The resort struggling with COVID five years after jihadist attack

Located 30 km from Abidjan, the century-old city, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was the target of a jihadist attack on March 13, 2016, which killed 19 people.

Two young women gesture on horseback on a beach in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast, on March 28, 2021. (AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

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Over the past five years, Ivory Coast's prime holiday destination has struggled with a terror attack, political violence and floods -- devastating setbacks to which Covid can be

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