The human cost of building the Dubai of Africa
Lagos, Nigeria, is undergoing rapid urban transformation marked by luxury development and infrastructure projects, but this growth comes at a brutal human cost: tens of thousands of residents in waterfront communities like Makoko are being violently displaced, often without warning or com
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