26.11.2010 - arch

EN_00943352_0576

caption

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Christophe KOFFI Men shovel searching for diamonds in the village of Bobi, north western Ivory Coast, on November 18, 2009. Despite a UN ban, diamond extraction is the main activity at this large village in the heart of the wooded savannah in the country's north-west. The open-pit mine, the region's largest, extends over a kilometre (around two-thirds of a mile). AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO

special instructions

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY Christophe KOFFI Minimum price 50PLN

headline 26.11.2010 - arch

created date 2009-11-18

credit AFP/EAST NEWS

source AFP

byline ISSOUF SANOGO

original transmission reference douzupelnienia26112010 (927)

weight 2,08MB

size 36cm x 24cm by 300dpi

keywords - Show

18, 2009, A, ACTIVITY, AROUND, AT, BAN, BOBI, BY, CHRISTOPHE, COAST, COUNTRY, DESPITE, DIAMOND, DIAMONDS, EXTENDS, EXTRACTION, FOR, GO, HEART, HORIZONTAL, IN, IS, ISSOUF, IVORY, KILOMETRE, KOFFI, LARGE, LARGEST, MAIN, MEN, MILE, MINE, NORTH, NORTH-WEST, NOVEMBER, OF, ON, OPEN-PIT, OVER, REGION, SANOGO, SAVANNAH, SEARCHING, SHOVEL, STORY, THE, THIS, TO, TWO-THIRDS, UN, VILLAGE, WESTERN, WITH, WOODED,