Today, Ebrie lagoon is a sick and sorry sight, choked by plastic pollution and ravaged by sand extraction and unbridled development. Photo: AFP
It was once a jewel of West Africa – the "Pearl of Lagoons", people liked to call it.
Today, the vast Ebrie lagoon which abuts Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan is a sick and sorry sight, choked by plastic pollution and ravaged by sand extraction and unbridled development.
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