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![[Cote d'Ivoire] People queue in rebel-held town of Bouake in Cote d'Ivoire to swap old bank-notes for new ahead of the expiry of a December 31, 2004 deadline set by West Africa's BCEAO bank to exchange the bills.](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/200412301.jpg.webp?itok=wV51O7uf "Un guichet était ouvert à Bouaké, le fief de la rébellion ivoirienne, trois jours avant la date de clôture de l’opération.")
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