Morocco volunteers on Sahara clean-up mission

Morocco volunteers on Sahara clean-up mission
Volunteers, including tourists, pick up waste as they take part in a desert cleaning campaign during the Nomads Festival in Mhamid El-Ghizlane in Morocco's southern Sahara desert. (Image: AFP)
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By Hicham RafihIt may be the gateway to the vast Sahara desert, but that doesn't mean it's free of that modern scourge of the environment – the rubbish humanity discards.In southern Morocco, volunteers are hunting for waste embedded in the sand, and they don't have to look far.Bottles, plastic bags – "there are all kinds", noted one helper who has come forward to join the initiative cleaning up the edge of a village bordering the Sahara.The initiative marks the 20th International Nomads Festival, which is held...

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