Prime Minster Banny's new government will need to deal with just this problem.

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On September 6th, as the growing scale of a toxic-waste dumping scandal became clear, the prime minister, Charles Konan Banny, offered the resignation of this government.

ECONOMIST: A toxic-waste scandal shows up the country's fragility

Yet when Mr Banny offered its resignation, opposition and rebel ministers were sceptical, arguing that the supposedly neutral prime minister was just using the toxic-waste scandal to push through a cabinet reshuffle.

ECONOMIST: A toxic-waste scandal shows up the country's fragility

But at this the cabinet expressed bewilderment, and some ministers are refusing to take part in the new government that Mr Banny, who was asked to stay on by President Laurent Gbagbo, hopes to name soon.

ECONOMIST: A toxic-waste scandal shows up the country's fragility

That will not change in Prime Minister Banny's new cabinet, and though Ivory Coast's messy peace process has taken a back seat, this toxic waste scandal shows yet again just how urgent it is that the Ivorian crisis be resolved.

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