Going to bed hungry in Nigeria


Protesters at an anti-government demonstration in Lagos, Nigeria. — Reuters

BOLA Adeshiyan last ate 16 hours ago and she is hungry. To take her mind off the ache in her stomach, she leaves her tiny one-bedroom flat and walks around the bustling streets of her neighbourhood in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital.

On her return, the 55-year-old drinks a little water and settles down to wait to collect leftover beans and unsold bread on credit from a food vendor later in the day.

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