East Africa's used-clothes trade comes under fire
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Protectionist ban on imported used clothing
Charities, resellers feeling the pinch of stiffer tariffs on cheap second-hand clothing flooding East Africa
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Used clothing from the West is a big seller in East Africa. Uganda's leader wants a ban
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The hidden trade in our second-hand clothes given to charity, Guardian sustainable business
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East Africa's ban on second-hand clothes won't save its own industry, Guardian sustainable business
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East Africa's ban on second-hand clothes won't save its own industry, Guardian sustainable business
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