Ivory Coast's 'Pearl of Lagoons' loses its lustre

By AGENCY
  • Living

  • Thursday, 15 Sep 2022

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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