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GABORONE, BOTSWANA | Xinhua | At Dukwi Refugee Camp, located about 550 km northeast of Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, some women have transformed discarded materials into exquisite items. Evert Mabela, a 44-year-old from North Kivu, a province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), rises before dawn …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A dead sperm whale that washed ashore recently in a national park in Indonesia had nearly 6kg of plastic waste in its stomach, park officials say. Items found included 115 drinking cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags and two flip-flops. The discovery has caused …