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Nigerian bread makers start four-day strike
Nigerian bakers have downed tools in protest over the soaring prices of baking ingredients.
Nigerian bread makers have suspended production in protest over soaring prices of ingredients such as flour and sugar. The Breadmakers' Association wants the government to subsidise the cost of baking products.
Plus, we are on the campaign trail in central Kenya and hear from young people in Nyeri who tell us what issues are important to them and what they would like to see from the next president.
Photo: Measuring wheat flour for bread making. Credit: Getty Images.
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