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![[Nigeria] Children in Makoko, a slum of houses on stilts in central Lagos, Nigeria. Some 15,00 people live here in the most basic conditions imaginable. [Date picture taken: 08/23/2006]](https://assets.thenewhumanitarian.org/s3fs-public/styles/responsive_large_2x/public/images/2006957.jpg.webp?itok=BrgT8YXM "Ongoing corruption robs people of decent living conditions, says Human Rights Watch (file photo)")
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