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Kinshasa drowning under trash
With no centralised waste collection or landfill sites, the sprawling capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo is blotted with steaming mounds of foul-smelling waste.
A general view of plastic and other waste dumped on the banks of the Makelele river in Kinshasa, on July 24, 2024. (Photo by Hardy_Bope / AFP)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision
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Riding around Kinshasa's bumpy streets, Michael Mahunda piles up his old motorcycle with trash that he dumps at an open-air tip in a residential area --