In Nigeria's economic hub, Lagos, a few dozen protesters gathered in the Ojota area on Friday.
Some good news for Khayelitsha residents. Eskom has announced it will temporarily reopen its service centre after closing it in June.ABUJA - At least 13 people died during protests over economic hardship in Nigeria on Thursday, according to rights group Amnesty International, which accused security forces of killing peaceful demonstrators.
Africa's most populous country is battling high inflation and a tumbling naira after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a fuel subsidy and liberalised the currency more than a year ago in reforms the government says will improve the economy in the long term. "Our findings, so far, show that security personnel at the locations where lives were lost deliberately used tactics designed to kill while dealing with gatherings of people protesting hunger and deep poverty," Amnesty said.On Thursday, the national police chief rejected claims that officers had attacked peaceful protesters.
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