Cote d'Ivoire: Cote D Ivoire-Liberia: By Canoe Or By Foot, Thousands of Ivorians Arrive in Search of Safety

Butuo — When 70-year-old Marie Mangou ran away from her home in Cote d'Ivoire, she trekked for hours through dense jungle and crammed into a creaking canoe to reach the safety of neighbouring Liberia. Now the feisty grandmother cannot manage another step.

"For a week now, I have not been able to walk because my legs are paining from the long distances we had to cover," she told IRIN, lying listless on a plastic mat in the border town of Butuo, which is just 3 km from the Ivorian border.

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