Sierra Leone student tackles toxic air pollution

Freetown (AFP) Dec 21, 2024

In his small Freetown workshop, engineering student James Samba tinkered with batteries and electrical parts he hoped could help clean up Sierra Leone's polluting public transport system. Rush hour in the West African country's major cities is a frenetic medley of minibuses, mopeds, shared taxis and three-wheeled vehicles known as "kekehs" - each spluttering toxic emissions into the atmosph