Millions face hunger as African cities impose coronavirus lockdowns
Volunteers carry sacks filled with food to distribute to vulnerable residents, during a lockdown by the authorities in efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus Covid-19, in Lagos, Nigeria on April 9, 2020. PHOTO | REUTERS | AFP
Shehu Isah Daiyanu Dumus has run out of cash and says he only has a few handfuls of cassava flour left to eat.
The 53-year-old paraplegic man usually sells phone cards. But an extended lockdown to fight the new coronavirus in Nigeria’s biggest city, Lagos, has left him stranded.
