Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 30, 2012.
Thousands of people have been rendered homeless in Lagos, Nigeria as authorities continue the demolition of one of the country's oldest slums. With nowhere else to go, residents of the coastal Makoko slum are now forced to live in the dugout canoes they use for fishing. Government officials have not offered alternative housing and many are struggling to survive. FSRN’s Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
