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In Burundi's financial capital, the homes of its 1.2m residents are being swallowed.

The city sits on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, Africa's largest lake. Its water levels have risen four metres in just 20 years. There are fears it could rise another two metres over the next decade.

Last year 100,000 people were displaced. Now, with thousands living in refugee camps, Burundi is struggling to cope.

Sam Kiley traveled to Bujumbura to meet the people who have been washed away.

00:00 Introduction to Bujumbura
00:44 Touring Pastor Jean's flooded home
02:21 How far has Lake Tanganyika risen?
02:30 Dr Joyce Kimuati on what this means for the region
03:13 How overfishing has contributed
03:37 Where have the people of Bujumbura gone?
04:48 Political tensions laid bare
05:22 Sam Kiley explains Burundi's refugee crisis
06:15 Save the Children's Geoffrey Kirenga on the strains for charities
06:36 Dr Joyce Kimuati on how climate change acts as a catalyst for other issues
07:17 Visiting the Musenyi camp for refugees from the DRC
07:42 Geoffrey Kirenga explains why the world should pay attention
07:59 How Burundi's dire situtation acts as a snapshot for the issues facing Africa more broadly

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