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A view of Bujumbura, with Lake Tanganyika in the background, Bujumbura, Burundi, May 31, 2007. Activities such as human habitation and cultivation on slopes leads to increased soil erosion, which in turn lead to the filling up of Lake Tanganyika.
Jane Some/IRIN

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