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Algeria announces deeper spending cuts but says minimum wage up a bitF

The Algerian government decided Sunday to reduce the state budget by half due to a financial crisis caused by the global collapse in oil prices and worldwide coronavirus lockdowns. The government has decided to reduce the budget by "50 percent" for this year,...

Sahel: Niger labor minister succumbs from Covid-19F

Niamey, May 4, 2020 - The novel coronavirus caused the death of Niger's minister of employment and labour, Mohamed Ben Omar, public television announced Monday. The minister's Social Democratic Party (PSD) reported Ben Omar, 55, had died on Sunday at the main hospital...

Nigeria: Lagos ends lockdown despite expanding virusF

Lagos, May 4, 2020 - Africa's biggest city, Lagos, got back to work on Monday at the end of a five-week coronavirus lockdown. In the metropolis of 20 million, where exuberance and poverty live side by side, relief at being able to earn money once again was almost...

Nigeria: First man to be hanged in ‘virtual’ trialF

Lagos, May 5, 2020 - A Nigerian court sentenced a man to death in the country's first ever virtual ruling during a five-week coronavirus lockdown. Lagos judge Mojisola Dada on Monday ordered death by hanging for Olalekan Hameed, a driver, over the 2018 murder of...

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