Locals in Assinie reminisce about the old days when the now-shuttered Club Med in southeastern Ivory Coast provided jobs aplenty. European holidaymakers once flocked to the endless sandy white beaches ...
ASSINIE, Ivory Coast : On a shrinking strip of beach in southeast Ivory Coast, hotel owner Habib Hassan Nassar has to stack thousands of sandbags each week to protect his property from the rising sea.
European holidaymakers once flocked to Assinie's endless sandy white beaches and idyllic waters before political unrest drove them away - Copyright AFP/File Matthew ...