European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Apr Mimi try near Tehran Era adorned with Arinea of the fallen. Woman in Black islamic garb who approached a group o american reporters on the Street. Tell the truth 1o ail nations aha said ii our men die in the War we women will go to the Iron. Von must Tell them we will Stop Saddam from bombing our the War has demanded All kinds of sacrifices from the iranian people but the human toll now seems to have the greatest Impact. The Rug merchant in his one room store deep in the dark alleyways of the Tehran Bazaar said what Hind of life in this it is anything but Lite when you come to work and your Friend says he last his brother or when you go Home and your neighbor is weeping because they have told him he lost All three of his sons in the Bailie or Basra but that they Are martyrs so they will gel a place in Behest Zahra " downtown Tehran teat food eatery with Western touch. Complain of shortages of such Staples As cheese soap sugar and Rice. This is an Oil country and we can l even and gasoline to put in our cars a restaurant owner said. It s very hard times i february 1987 logs waiting Tor Export in Abidjan capital of the Ivory coat an african economic tuck tit to toy Abidjan journal if the Telephone works it must be Ivory coast by James Brooke new York times Teodore Codo had a simple Choice. He could stay Al Home in Benin and earn $65 a month As a Cook. Or he could travel for one week by truck bribe guards Al three National Borders and enter the Lai Semaire Economy of the Ivory coast where Cooks earn j165 a month. By choosing the Ivory coast Coda joined a flood of West african immigrants who now make up almost one third of the Ivory coast s population 3 million out of 0 million people. Immigrant workers a group usually associated with Tho United states or Europe Como to the Ivory coast of Lake part in one of Africa s rare economic Success stories. Wilh its free Market Economy close links to France and open Border policy the Ivory coast has emerged As an african nation marked by smooth roads a functioning Telephone system Well locked shops near self sufficiency in food and High economic growth. Thl year economists predict the Ivory coast May pull ahead of its traditional rival Nigeria to have the highest per Cap la income in West Africa. In 1935, both countries had a per Capila income of about 1700 Well Over the $300 average for the 11 other countries of Wesl Africa. As a measure of its economic a length Ivory coast s expo is in 1986 were Aboul $3 billion largely Coffee and Cocoa. The country is Africa s largest exporter of tropical Limber. By contrast Nigeria a nation Wilh 10 limes the population exported $5 billion largely Oil a you travel the Region it is obvious that it has been our economic Boom which has attracted so Many people Paul Kolli Lofti employment director of the labor ministry said. In Abidjan people if am Benin like Coda Are largely Cooks and cabinetmakers. Senegalese Are tailors and jewelry merchants. Malian sell cloth in markets and work As laundry Man. Burki Nabe work As gardeners Street sweepers and night watchmen. They generally do the manual labor that an ivorian would never touch an so Jinan journal isl said of immigrants from Turkina faso formerly upper Bollaan impoverished Nalion of the Sahel. In the Countryside Burk Mabe perform most of the labor on ivorian Coffee and Cocoa Plant dons on pineapple plan Lions ghanaian provide most of the labor. In Abidjan there Are so Many ghanaian thai one neighbourhood is named Kouassi alter the ghanaian cily of Kumasi. A National census is to be held this year and Kolli Koffi predicted that if Wiff show that one Hall of Abidjan s population of 2 million is foreign born his labor surveys indicate thai one third of employees in the private sector Are foreign born and that 60 percent of i Hose employed in the informal private sector Street merchants and the like Are foreigners. The Large number of immigrants has caused spasms of xenophobia. In the Early 9sos, when Coffee and Cocoa prices dropped Ivoin ans pushed Lor a program of under this program the percentage of i Voitans in Middle level jobs Rose from 45 percent in the late 1970s to 53 percent today. By with the resumption of growth in 1985. The government slowed the program. Last year the ministry of labor and reverted to its original name the ministry of labor Tho president thinks a Little like the americans the ivorian journalist said of Felix Houp Houel Bovigny who has led the Ivory coast since Independence irom France in i960. He thinks Hal what Buill the United states is its openness to the outside indeed in a recent speech the president said in this Way. This Liny country of 7 million souls with 3 million of our Brothers bringing us to 10 million is a country without a passport one comes one leaves one stays but More often one As part of this open door policy foreigners can buy land there and can Vole there and three ministers Are foreign born. The Ivory coast has created a very Nice platform where Young africans can contribute their Talent said sell Dei. An american educated ghanaian who owns a computer distributorship in Abidjan. Dei and other West africans say they see immigration Here As part of a tradition of tree movement of populations along Africa s West coast. You can t legislate against it ii has been going on Lor said Lawrence Elk Peru Nigeria s ambassador to the Ivory coast. We tried expulsions but most of them came Back again " immigrants Here say Futey self Home far the Ivory coast to Beller their lot in life. In Senegas my family can never get enough work and hey Lake All my Money fall Abdoulaye a senegalese Vendor in Corody Market in Abidjan said As he stood surrounded by Ivory Combs malachite bracelets and Abony necklaces. Here no Mother no father no Brolhorst i have enough Money sift Over to go the stars and stripes Page 15
