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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Militants in Nigeria's oil heartland said on Thursday they had called off attacks on troops after two bloody gunbattles and would fight only in response to actions by the military.
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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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LAGOS, NIGERIA - Hundreds of Nigerian villagers are blocking access to two oil platforms in the country&#39;s southern region, shutting down production of 90,000 barrels of oil a day, said oil company officials.
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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, union leaders said.
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Nigeria&#39;s crippling general strike entered a third day Friday with labour leaders and government officials deadlocked after all-night talks ended in failure.
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A strike brings the Democratic Republic of Congo capital, Kinshasa, to a standstill, with shops closed and bus drivers not working.
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A general strike called by unions seeking to overturn government price hikes moved into its second day on Thursday, with streets increasingly deserted across Africa's most-populous nation.
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Nigerian unions threatened to disrupt power and water supplies on Friday after talks collapsed on the third day of a general strike to protest against a rise in fuel prices.
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LAGOS, Nigeria  - Hundreds of protesters have besieged two oil platforms run by Royal Dutch/Shell Group Cos. and ChevronTexaco Corp. in Nigeria's southern oil region, shutting down production of 90,000 barrels of oil a day, company officials said Monday.
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The Nigerian high court today banned a planned general strike that would target oil plants in the worldâs seventh largest exporter.
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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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Much of Italy has been shut down Tuesday by a general strike called by unions to protest Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's economic policy.
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Peace talks between the Sudanese Government and rebel groups have broken down in the Nigerian capital Abuja. The negotiations have been adjourned for a month after failing to deliver a compromise.
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Nigerian cities are quiet as trade unions stage a general strike over fuel prices and VAT, despite concessions.
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JOHANNESBURG, June 13 -- Tens of thousands of government workers on Wednesday intensified their biggest strike since the end of apartheid, closing schools, snarling transportation systems and virtually shutting down sections of South Africa's largest cities.
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Nigeria&#39;s main labor union on Monday indefinitely suspended a looming nationwide strike that had threatened to shut down the oil industry in the world&#39;s No.