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West African Coastal Towns Swallowed by Ocean

Rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people across West Africa.

VOA’s Emilie Iob reports from Grand-Lahou, an Ivorian tourist destination that is slowly being washed away.

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