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  • A woman holds her child in a spontaneous settlement where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A boy near destroyed homes  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
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  • Doorway of a severely damaged home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A woman and her children stand in front of the tent where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Fish is a staple in the diet of most Ghanaians: it is estimated that up to 60% of animal protein nationwide is derived from fish products.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • A boy uses a makeshift raft to move around in the town of Sahouicomey, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The village, which is normally subject to seasonal flooding, has been severely hit by exceptional increases in water levels that have destroyed many houses and killed five people. Children will use such rafts to go to class when the school reopens in about a week.
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  • The gateway to the flooded yard of the Donoukpa is seen in the town of Sahouicomey, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The village, which is normally subject to seasonal flooding, has been severely hit by exceptional increases in water levels that have destroyed many houses and killed five people.
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  • A woman paddles her pirogue past homes that were flattened by recent floods in the town of Sahouicomey, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The village, which is normally subject to seasonal flooding, has been severely hit by exceptional increases in water levels that have destroyed many houses and killed five people.
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  • A girl waits to fill a container during a UNICEF-sponsored drinking water distribution to flood victims in Cotonou, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The city's water network has been rendered unusable in flooded parts of the city, and many people rely on such water distributions that are carried out by the fire service..
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  • A boy waits to fill a container during a UNICEF-sponsored drinking water distribution to flood victims in Cotonou, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The city's water network has been rendered unusable in flooded parts of the city, and many people rely on such water distributions that are carried out by the fire service..
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  • A boy walks along the main classroom block at the Avedji primary school in the village of Avedji, Benin on Monday October 25, 2010. Many schools remain closed in Benin following floods that have affected most of the country.
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  • Irene Sossou, 29, walks through his destroyed tomato plot near his home in the village of Agniwedji, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010.
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  • A Benin Red Cross volunteer assembles kits for flood victims during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • Kits for flood victims at a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • Flood victims wait in line during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • A Benin Red Cross volunteer gives directions to flood victims during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • A woman cooks for her family outside the tent where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A woman walks past destroyed houses in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A man walks past destroyed houses in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A child sits on the ground in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. About 1500 people have settled here after their village was almost entirely destroyed by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A woman holds her child while cooking outside the tent where they live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • A boy sits on the ground inside the basic shelter made of palm leaves where he lives after his home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • A woman and her child sit outside a makeshift shack where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • A woman and her child walk along a road to go fetch water at a spontaneous settlement where they now live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • View of the fishing harbor of Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009..
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  • Fishing boats in the harbor of Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Global fish stocks are running low; the advocacy group Environmental Justice Foundation says fisheries are in deep decline and could collapse within 50 years if current trends continue. Developing countries like Ghana are among the crisis' first victims.
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  • Men and boys sort nets after returning from fishing at sea at the harbor in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Throughout sub-Saharan Africa, losses due to illegal, unregulated or unreported fishing are estimated at US$1 billion, roughly a quarter of Africa's total yearly fisheries exports.
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  • Fish is laid out for sale at the market in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Fish and crustaceans lay in a bucket after being brought back from sea by fishermen in Cape Coast roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Local fishermen say that the volume of fish has severely dwindled in recent years with the increased presence of international fishing vessels in Ghanaian waters.
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  • Fishermen pull in their boat onto the beach after returning from sea in Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009..
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  • Fishermen stand on their boats while cleaning nets under the towering former slave fort of Cape Coast castle in Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Cape Coast's slave-trading days may be long gone but the town is no stranger to modern exploitation. Pirate fishing vessels and illegally-operating foreign trawlers are raping the seas, stealing the town's biggest commodity - its fish.
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  • Fishermen head back to shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009..
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  • A small fish lies on a wooden fishing boat while fishermen pull in their catch a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Fishermen pull nets they had left overnight into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Girls carry away a container they just had filled during a UNICEF-sponsored drinking water distribution to flood victims in Cotonou, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The city's water network has been rendered unusable in flooded parts of the city, and many people rely on such water distributions that are carried out by the fire service.
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  • A girl waits to fill a container during a UNICEF-sponsored drinking water distribution to flood victims in Cotonou, Benin on Sunday October 24, 2010. The city's water network has been rendered unusable in flooded parts of the city, and many people rely on such water distributions that are carried out by the fire service..
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  • A man stands in floodwater next to a partially collapsed home in the village of Avedji, Benin on Monday October 25, 2010.
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  • Flooded and partially collapsed home in the village of Avedji, Benin on Monday October 25, 2010.
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  • A sandal floats in floodwater next to a house that was badly damaged by floods in the village of Kotacomey, Benin on Monday October 25, 2010.
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  • A mattress lies on the floor in a house that was badly damaged by floods in the village of Kotacomey, Benin on Monday October 25, 2010.
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  • Flood victims wait during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • A Benin Red Cross volunteer assembles kits for flood victims during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • A woman carries a bundle containing items she was just given during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • Flood victims wait in line during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • Women and children wait while a Benin Red Cross volunteer unloads blankets from a trailer during a UNICEF-sponsored distribution session for flood victims in Athieme, Benin  on Monday October 25, 2010. UNICEF donated water treatment tablets, mosquito nets and soap to affected families, while other partner organizations offered blankets, floormats, and buckets.
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  • Tents where villagers have been displaced by floods near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • A boy pushes his bicycle through destroyed houses in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Amelie Adoko, 42, sits next to her destroyed home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Norbert Edegan, 65, rests on a floormat on the ground next to his destroyed home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • Freddy Edegan, 5, stands next to his destroyed home  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
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  • A child crouches near destroyed homes  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
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  • A child crouches near destroyed homes  in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks.
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  • Destroyed homes in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A young child sleeps in a tent set up in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters. Some tents were donated by the Benin government, but they aren't waterproof and don't provide adequate shelter with the rainy season still going strong.
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  • A boy sits on a bench in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • Children in a spontaneous settlement near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. About 1500 people have settled here after their village was almost entirely destroyed by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks. Almost all of the village's 1500 people have moved to a location near the local church, located about 500 meters away, where they now live in basic shelters.
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  • Children attend class under a thatched roof that was partially destroyed by heavy rains during floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • Amelie Adoko, 42, two of a friend's children while sitting in a basic shelter made of palm leaves near the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010. Most of the village was destroyed by floods that have hit the country over the past few weeks, forcing its 1500 to flee. They now live in a makeshift camp located about 500 meters from the village. Amelie looks after a friend's children while she's gone to the market.
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  • A boy sits on the ground while his younger sibling lies on a mat inside the basic shelter made of palm leaves where they live after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • A woman stands between tents and basic shelters made of palm leaves where people now live after their homes were destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Wednesday October 27, 2010.
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  • Women sell fish at the market in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Ghanaian women are usually responsible for selling the fish caught by their husbands. Some local fishermen complain that the recent reduction in the amount of fish they catch is not only making it more difficult for them to support their family, but can also be a cause of tension and conflict between husband and wife..
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  • Fish is laid out for sale at the market in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. In Ghana, women are usually responsible for selling the fish caught by their husbands. Some local fishermen complain that the recent reduction in fish populations is not only making it more difficult for them to support their family, but also often a cause of tension and conflict between husband and wife.
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  • Fish is laid out for sale at the market in Elmina, about 130km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, nearly a billion people worldwide depend on fish as their primary source of protein, and  120 million people depend on fishing for all or part of their income, with both kinds of dependence highest in the developing world.
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  • Fishermen clean their nets after returning from sea in Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. "Local jobs are collapsing" says the Ministry of Fisheries' Isiah Amoukouandoh. "It's a difficult balance for the government because foreign trawlers contribute to government funds. If the trawlers stuck to regulations, there would be less of a problem. But they are fishing in the waters reserved for the local fishermen, stealing their fish."
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Unlike traditional fishing boats, industrial trawlers are required by law to operate in waters deeper than 30 meters. However, local fishermen frequently report that foreign vessels come much closer to the coast, often destroying their nets and causing important damage to the ocean floor by dragging their nets to maximize their catch.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Ghanaian fishermen have for generations harvested the ocean in a small-scale, sustainable way.
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  • Fishermen pull in their catch into their small wooden boat a few hundred meters away from shore near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. The increasing presence of international trawlers in Ghanaian waters not only means more competition to capture a declining fish stock, but larger boats often damage the nets of small-scale fishermen by running through them as they pursue fish.
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  • Fishermen set off to work at sunrise on their small traditional wooden boat near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009..
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  • A fisherman pulls in his catch near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. Small fish get caught in nets left at sea overnight and retrieved by fishermen in the morning. The increasing presence of international trawlers in Ghanaian waters not only means more competition to capture a declining fish stock, but larger boats often damage the nets of small-scale fishermen by running through them as they pursue fish.
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  • Fishermen set off to work at sunrise on their small traditional wooden boat near Cape Coast, roughly 120km west of Ghana's capital Accra on Thursday April 9, 2009. The Ghana Ministry of Fisheries estimates to about 500,000 the number of fishermen and fishmongers in Ghana. Up to 2 million people - nearly 10 percent of the country's population  - make a living from professions - such as canoe-building - dependent on the fishing industry.
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  • A woman carrying her child looks back as she walks past a destroyed home in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A man walks out of a home with badly cracked walls from floodwater damage in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010.  Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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  • A woman and child walk down the alley of a church where they now sleep after their home was destroyed by floods in the village of Kpoto, Benin on Tuesday October 26, 2010. Waters have receded in Kpoto, but most of the village was literally flattened by floods that have hit Benin over the past few weeks..
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