Zambia: Choma Prison Sewer Overflows

A SEPTIC tank inside Choma Central Prison has broken down, causing panic among inmates and authorities over a possible outbreak of dysentery.

The effluent is now overflowing in an open sewer system adjacent to the fields of residents in the neighbourhood.

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