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Eco Africa — The Environment Magazine

August 20, 2021

On this week's Eco Africa, we try out crop dryers that use biowaste instead of diesel in Rwanda, see how the Oromo people are looking after Swayne's hartebeests and visit a fun education park for kids in Togo.

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