Claims: ‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves
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- title: ‘The sea took everything away’: how Nigeria’s ‘Happy City’ is disappearing beneath the waves Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/the-sea-took-everything-away-how-nigerias-happy-city-is-disappearing-beneath-the-waves Source
- summary: More than half of Ayetoro – a Christian utopia founded in the 1940s – has been lost to the ocean, and its remaining people are running out of options In the early hours of 15 February 2019, the Atlantic Ocean came for Arowo Victoria’s livelihood. The 60-year-old retired midwife was asleep when neighbours began banging on her door, shouting that the sea had started covering buildings along the nearby coastline. By the time she got to her small shop, she discovered that the Atlantic had already sw… Source
- published: Thu, 18 Jun 2026 08:00:01 GMT Source