Parts of Cameroon Hard Hit By Atlantic Ocean Destruction

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Water from the Atlantic Ocean has destroyed several hundred homes and buildings along parts of Cameroon's 400-kilometre coast. Officials have temporarily suspended fishing and tourism in the coastal town of Kribi because of the damage and affected civilians are begging for help from the government, writes Moki Edwin Kindzeka for Voice of America. Moroua, north of the country, is inhabited by the Choa Arab herders and Musgum fishers and farmers. These communities were once peaceful neighbours relying on the Logone and Chari rivers for their grazing, farming and fishing activities. They have since become bitter enemies, as climate change is causing the water bodies to recede. This has led to fish losses and the drowning of cattle in artificial ponds built to breed fish.