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September 2019

Nigeria must act to stop housing crisis and forced evictions: UN rights expert

The warning from Leilani Farha, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, follows her 10-day visit to Africa’s most populous country. Newly built luxury dwellings are springing up throughout cities – made possible often through the forced eviction of poor communities – Independent UN rights expert, Leilani Farha Informal settlements were “ballooning” and…