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Al Jazeera English - Africa - Oil firm 'settles' toxic waste case

Al Jazeera English - Africa - Oil firm 'settles' toxic waste case: "Oil-trading company Trafigura has said it has reached a settlement with 31,000 people in Ivory Coast who claimed they were made ill by toxic waste dumped around the capital, Abidjan.

Under the deal, which sees Trafigura pay the claimants nearly $50m, the alleged victims have accepted that there was no link between the deaths, injuries or miscarriages suffered and exposure to the waste, the company said."

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