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LOS01 - 19991011 - MINNA, NIGERIA : Like other communities affected by the worst flooding of the Niger River in northern Nigeria in 30 years, the village of Minna lies half-submerged on Monday 11 October, 1999. Around 80,000 people have been displaced along a 200-kilometre stretch of the river which burst its banks, following heavy rains. - PHOTO AFP/PETER CUNLIFFE-JONES/w