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Village where residents rely on one tree to access mobile phone network

 

Basuba village, whose inhabitants are from the Boni minority community, have for a long time had to contend with mobile phone network issues.

The village, located some 60 kilometres from the Island, has had poor phone reception until recently when a local farmer stumbled on an unlikely breakthrough.

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