Waves of change: Nigeria's Lagos battles Atlantic erosion

An aerial picture taken on June 11, 2019 shows the Eko Atlantic project in Lagos. Dozens of homes have been destroyed, families displaced, choice property abandoned and once vibrant local economy desvasted as tidal erosion has swept away over 25 meters of land at the Alpha Beach shoreline, once an attractive affluent strip of the Lagos Coastline, Nigeria's commercial nerve centre.

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