Nigerian Cities Shut Down by Strike
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Nigerian policeman chase people on the street to prevent them from joining the Nigerian Labor protest in Abuja, Nigeria, Monday, Oct. 11, 2004.
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A general strike over a rise in fuel prices brought much of Nigeria to a standstill on Wednesday but oil supplies from Africa's top producer were initially unaffected.
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Nigeria's main labor union on Monday indefinitely suspended a looming nationwide strike that had threatened to shut down the oil industry in the world's No. 7 exporter.
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Schools were closed, hospitals running a skeleton service and traffic was disrupted across South Africa on Friday as hundreds of thousands of public servants embarked on an indefinite strike.
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All waterfront buildings and shacks in Nigeria's oil capital, Port Harcourt are to be demolished, officials say.
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Nigerian unions on Thursday called off a  general strike which had jeopardized oil supplies from the  world's seventh largest exporter for four days, but threatened  more action within weeks unless the government cut fuel prices.
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The Nigerian government sought a court  injunction on Wednesday to stop a three-day-old general strike  which has raised fears about oil supplies from the world's  seventh largest exporter.
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A general strike in Nigeria which has  raised fears over oil supply from the world's seventh largest  exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday, union  leaders said.
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Offices, schools, shops and businesses across Bangladesh shut down Saturday for the second strike in less than a week called by the main opposition party to protest against a grenade attack that nearly killed its leader.
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A general strike in Nigeria, which has raised fears over oil supply from the world&#39;s seventh-largest exporter, will likely end its first phase on Thursday &quot;all going well&quot;, union leaders said.
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Nationwide power outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the continent's economic hub.
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ABUJA, Nigeria  - Talks aimed at averting an  explosion of fighting in Nigeria's oil production hub were  salvaged Friday when the government called off gunships and  helicopters sent to attack rebel militia.
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LAGOS, 15 November (IRIN) - Nigeria&#39;s powerful trade unions on Monday called off a general strike planned for the next day after the government, in an eleventh-hour move, offered an almost 10-percent cut in the price of domestic fuels.
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Nigeria&#39;s labour unions threatened to toughen their stance and bring the country to a complete standstill on Friday for the third day of an indefinite general strike.
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Nigerian unions on Monday suspended a general strike due to start on Tuesday after the government agreed to reduce domestic fuel prices, a union leader said.
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Both the Nigerian government and trade unions harden their positions over a general strike.
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A nationwide strike went on Monday in Nigeria to protest against rising fuel prices, bringing much ofAfrica&#39;s top oil producer to a near standstill.