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Inequality, or how to write a boring article

There is no exciting way to write about inequality in Nigeria. It is a ‘boring’ subject filled with dreary statistics and data, and because Nigerians have become accustomed to the

The housekeeper as a metaphor for rising poverty and inequality

My new house-help is manifestly nervous. She hastily answers ‘yes sir’ or ‘yes ma’ to invariably everything we say to her. It is understandable. It must be difficult to leave

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Oxfam: World’s 22 wealthiest men richer than all women in Africa

The wealth of the 22 richest men in the world is greater than that of all African women combined, a new report by Oxfam International has shown. The report, titled:

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Women ‘work more than men, but earn far less’

Women around the world bear the burden of unpaid labour, work more hours than men, yet earn just a little over half of what what men earn, according to the Global

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