Nigeria: Labour unions continue two day nationwide strike over soaring inflation

Nigeria’s government and union workers took to the streets of Lagos Tuesday as part of a new nationwide protest that threatened to shut down key services, with people angry about soaring inflation and growing economic pain. Since assuming office last year, President Bola Tinubu has enacted a range of controversial policies including scrapping fuel subsidies […] More

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Congo sends its first shipment of liquefied natural gas to Italy

Eni’s chief executive Claudio Descalzi before Eni’s investor meeting in Milan, Italy, March 15, 2017   –   Copyright © africanews Antonio Calanni/AP Last updated: 5 hours ago Republic of the Congo The African nation of Congo became the latest exporter of liquefied natural gas on Tuesday by starting production of the first cargo, a year after […] More

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