Makoko

• Mass evictions in Lagos displace thousands including baby twins now living in a canoe - Victor Ahansu was barely awake with his wife and baby twins before the grinding sound of bulldozers woke them. It was all the warning the family had, he said, before fleeing mass evictions in their historic community of Makoko in Lagos. T
• Africa's megacity of Lagos reshapes its coast by dredging and puts environment at risk - One of thousands of local dredgers, Akeem Sossu, 34, has been diving for sand for at least three years. Formerly a tailor, he said dredging now supports his household. Dredgers and local traders say the price of sand, crucial for making c