Rebuilding after a fire in Ghana’s used clothing market

It’s been days since a devastating fire tore through Ghana’s Kantamanto Market, the largest secondhand clothing market worldwide. The flames didn’t just destroy stalls and merchandise; they wiped out livelihoods. Thousands of traders are now grappling with an uncertain future. Ridwan Karim Dini-Osman reports from Ghana’s capital, Accra.

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