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Down in the dumps: Tunisian family's home engulfed by landfill

One of Africa's largest waste sites surrounds Abdelhamid Jabril's house, but pleas to be relocated have been ignored

The Jbel Borj Chakir landfill in Tunisia is one of Africa's largest dumps. It's so sprawling that it has absorbed Abdelhamid Jabril's home. But his cries for help have not been heeded after the fall of the Ben Ali government, he tells AJ+.

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