Africa Matters: Africa's Housing Shortfall
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Africa Matters: Africa's Housing Shortfall
The United Nations estimates more than a billion people worldwide live in slums or informal settlements, and 80% of them are in Africa and Asia. We talk to some Africans in Abuja, Cape Town and Accra about their struggle to find a place they can call home. And in Senegal, we meet a young man who has turned to crowdfunding to improve conditions for his rural community.
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