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Unlike most other cities in West Africa, Ouagadougou impresses by its orderliness. Well-tended avenues culminate in neat round-abouts. Public gardens add a splash of green to the Sahelian palette of reds. And the heaps of rotting rubbish that are common in Abidjan, Dakar and Conakry are few and far between here.
Writer: Julia Cooke
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