After Cape Town, Ivory Coast city feels the thirst
Earlier this year, Cape Town grabbed the world's headlines as it careened towards a water armageddon.
Crippled by a three-year-long drought, the South African city braced for a complete shutdown of domestic water supplies.
In the event, Cape Town dodged the immediate bullet. But thousands of kilometres (miles) away, another African city has had far less luck - and much less attention for its ordeal.
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