2006 Ivory Coast toxic waste dump of Leigh Day & Co said, "This has been a disaster on a monumental scale. We hold Trafigura fully to account for all the deaths and injuries that have resulted from the dumping of their waste." In response, Trafigura announced on Monday 2006 that it had started libel proceedings against British lawyer Martyn Day, of Leigh Day & Co. On 20 September 2009, both cases were dropped in an out-of-court settlement. Trafigura announced it would pay more than to claimants, noting that 20 independent experts had examined the case but were "unable to identify a link". The package would be
Lebanese people in Ivory Coast assimilate into Ivoirian society. The first President of Côte d'Ivoire, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, was a defender of the Lebanese minority during his early time in office. The Lebanese were particularly targeted by looters during the 2010–11 Ivorian crisis, after Lebanon’s ambassador to Ivory Coast, Ali Ajami, attended Laurent Gbagbo's presidential swearing-in ceremony (one of only two diplomats to do so), despite widespread support for his rival, Alassane Ouattara. Many Lebanese were also seen by Ivorians as being pro-Gbagbo. Lebanese people in Ivory Coast There is a large population of Lebanese people in Côte d'Ivoire, whose numbers are variously estimated in the