Mass Graves Speak of Violence in Ivory Coast

Mass graves attest to the brutality of a 5-month-long power struggle for Ivory Coast's presidency that ended last month. In a muddy slum at the edge of Abidjan, palm leaves stuck in rusty piles of earth mark the graves of 68 villagers. They were killed by rampaging militias over the last month.

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