French Development Agency – SindhTribune.com

people gather as volunteers search to retrieve the bodies of residents killed by a landslide due to heavy rainfall in a landfill known as kiteezi that serves as garbage dumping site in the lusanja village outside kampala uganda on august 10 2024 photo reuters

WB and AFD pledge $600m to address Kampala’s infrastructure and waste crisis

September 6, 2024

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