Lagos slums struggle to work and eat despite lockdown ease
By AFP
24 September 2020 |
7:00 am
In Iwaya, a poor district of Lagos, the inhabitants suffer from the economic situation despite the ease of lockdown. The government announced it would carry out food distributions in the poorest neighbourhoods, but according to many residents of Iwaya, they have not received any food aid and are suffering from hunger.
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