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Joe Ajaero (centre), Nigerian Labor Congress President, speaks during a protest against the recent increase in the electricity tariff, in Abuja Nigeria, May 13, 2024
NIGERIAN trade unions have suspended a general strike that had brought their country to a halt.
They took the decision after the government promised to increase the minimum wage to at least 60,000 naira (£32) a month.
That is double the current minimum but is short of the £260 that the unions were calling for.
The General Strike exposed the power of the working class — and the limits of its leadership, writes Dr DYLAN MURPHY
One hundred years after 1.7m workers shut the country down in defence of the miners, the struggles that sparked the 1926 General Strike are still with us – and will be honoured on London’s May Day march this year, writes MARY ADOSSIDES
A US air strike in north-west Nigeria, publicly framed as a Christmas act of counterterrorism, reveals a deeper shift in how power is exercised in Africa, argues RAIS NEZA BONEZA
ROGER McKENZIE shines a light on conflicts in Sudan and Nigeria, where Western powers are intent on laying claim to valuable resources necessary for market dominance