East Africa's used-clothes trade comes under fire
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Governments take aim at well-meaning foreigners | Middle East & Africa
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Fire engulfs clothing market in Kenya's capital Nairobi - BBC News
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Used-clothing trade causes contention between US and East African Nations - - African Growth and Opportunity Act
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Sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia
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Global business of secondhand clothes thrive in Africa' - - African Growth and Opportunity Act
Dead white man's clothes: How fast fashion is turning parts of Ghana into toxic landfill - ABC News
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Fire engulfs clothing market in Kenya's capital Nairobi - BBC News
Dead white man's clothes: How fast fashion is turning parts of Ghana into toxic landfill - ABC News
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Abuse is daily reality for female garment workers for Gap and H&M, says report, Global development
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East Africa pushes second-hand clothing ban – DW – 02/26/2018
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France's fast-fashion 'kill bill': Green move or penalty for the poor?
Used clothing from the West is a big seller in East Africa. Uganda's leader wants a ban
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Secondhand fashion: Is it really good for Africa?
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EAC blows hot and cold in war against trade in used clothing - The East African
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