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The Kroo Bay slum in central Freetown, home to 6,000 of the poorest people in the poorest country in the world. When it rains, the shelters flood with waste water and rubbish.
Nicholas Reader/IRIN

  • The Kroo Bay slum in central Freetown, home to 6,000 of the poorest people in the poorest country in the world. When it rains, the shelters flood with waste water and rubbish.

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  • Credits Nicholas Reader/IRIN
  • Themes Health
  • Regions Sierra Leone

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