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Nigerian bakers stop production over rising costs
Bakers in Nigeria are turning off their ovens to protest against the high cost of ingredients.
Bakers in Nigeria are turning off their ovens in a four-day strike over the rising cost of wheat flour and other products like diesel that are having an impact on their profits.
The rights group Amnesty International calls on the Ethiopian authorities to launch an impartial investigation into the massacre of 400 Amhara residents in June.
And we are on the campaign trail in Nyeri, central Kenya, to hear the views of young people ahead of the August 9 elections.
Photo: Roadside bread vendors in Lagos, Nigeria. Credit: Getty Images.
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