Trash selfies for a cleaner Conakry
05 March 2019 |
8:18 am
On Conakry's beaches, you will probably see more trash than sand. Campaigner and blogger Fatouma Chérif has had enough of this site. Armed with just her mobile phone, she is waging a war on waste.
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