Nyangai Island, Sierra Leone, July 8, 2025 (AFP) - S.Leone islanders despair as rising ocean threatens survival

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2025-07-08

Wading through water up to his knees, Hassan Kargbo points to the vast ocean before him, which is eroding the land and imperilling residents' survival on his island off Sierra Leone. "Where we are now, it used to be my house, and we used to have a big football field," Kargbo said, but "the water destroyed everything". Over the past five years the 35-year-old fisherman has seen the losses pile up as the rising Atlantic waters, which threaten milli......

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