The Ivory Coast has agreed to repay EUR 28 million in EU aid

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Series Details 16/09/99, Volume 5, Number 33
Publication Date 16/09/1999
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Date: 16/09/1999

which had been embezzled by corrupt officials, in four instalments over the next six months. But the Union has not yet taken a decision on freeing up budgetary aid, which was suspended last December after evidence of fraud was uncovered. Around 20 senior civil servants have been arrested and charged in connection with the affair.

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