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MOGADISHU – Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. It follows similar plastic bans in other east African countries including Kenya and Tanzania. But brightly-coloured polythene still dominates in the markets and shops of Somalia’s capital
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Somalia struggles to rid itself of plastic despite ban
MOGADISHU – Somalia took the ambitious step of banning single-use plastic bags this year, but in a country with many economic challenges, it has proved hard to implement. It follows similar plastic bans in other east African countries including Kenya and Tanzania. But brightly-coloured polythene still dominates in the markets and shops of Somalia’s capital