West Africa: Humanitarian

Jan 31

Several serious incidents have occurred in Lagos, Nigeria, highlighting challenges in public safety and governance. A public school building collapsed in the Ikorodu area, causing panic, though officials reported no casualties and ordered students to be relocated. Separately, police used tear gas on residents protesting the demolition and eviction of homes in the Makoko floating shanty town, an area authorities say must be cleared. In other events, a family is clashing with a hospital over a patient's death, and the government has ordered a postmortem after twins died following a vaccination. Author Chimamanda Adichie also publicly accused a Lagos hospital of medical negligence leading to her son's death.