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Working as a fisherman his whole life on the lagoon near Benin’s capital Porto-Novo, Antoine Ababe Houssou always believed he would spend the rest of his days on the lagoon banks where he made his home and his living.
Now the 62-year-old retiree faces upheaval with a French-backed green