Nigerians struggling to afford food and earn a living have taken to the streets in nationwide protests that have already left at least 13 people killed, according to Amnesty International.
Witnesses said that four of those were bystanders — gas station attendants eating lunch at their workplace — killed by security forces.
Organizers have called for 10 days of protest in cities across Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, a response to rising inflation and hunger caused by policies that the government argues are necessary to revive what it has called a dead economy.
“Life cannot continue like this,” said Usman Abdulhamid, a protester in the northern city of Kano, where many have been unable to afford food, medicine or even bus fares to the hospital.
“People cannot survive without eating.”
Persons:
Witnesses, ”, Usman Abdulhamid
Organizations:
Amnesty International, Organizers
Locations:
Nigeria, Africa’s, Kano