[Published: Wednesday March 30 2016]
Guinea strike over rising cost of living
CONAKRY, 30 Mar - (ANA) - Guinea's opposition has called a general strike for today and tomorrow to protest against the high cost of living, including the government's refusal to cut the price of fuel. Opposition leaders have urged Guineans to remain at home and not to engage in any acts of vandalism. The BBC's Alhassan Sillah reports from the capital, Conakry, that there is little traffic in some opposition areas, but it is still too early to gauge the impact of the strike. The government says it cannot meet the opposition's demand to reduce the price of fuel because the economy was devastated by the Ebola outbreak. More than 11,000 people were killed by Ebola in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone after it was first reported in Guinea in 2014.(ANA)
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