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Nigeria food banks cut back on handouts as prices soar

Nigeria food banks cut back on handouts as prices soar

AT a warehouse in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos, dozens of women patiently wait their turn to receive food handouts. Among them is 68-year-old widow Damilola Salami, who received an invitation to the facility just as she had almost run out of food. The Lagos Food Bank is a crucial lifeline to residents like Salami but has seen supplies from private and other donors fall as inflation soars in Africa's biggest economy. Nigeria is grappling with the worst cost of living crisis in decades, which has deepened since President Bola Tinubu rolled out bold but unpopular economic reforms after assuming office last May. "There is…
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Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

Students in France wait for food handouts as COVID-19 destroys part-time jobs

MANUEL AUSLOOS EVERY Tuesday evening, Moroccan student Chaimae Irfaq hands out food parcels to dozens of hard-up students in the foyer of her Paris university residence, and takes one home for herself. Irfaq arrived in France in October to complete her business studies degree and had expected to work part-time jobs to supplement the 700 euros a month her father gives her. But she said the coronavirus crisis meant there were few jobs going, with bars and restaurants closed and businesses feeling the pinch from COVID-19 restrictions. "If I had work I wouldn't need the (handouts)," she said as she…
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