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.”

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Persons: Witnesses, ”, Usman Abdulhamid Organizations: Amnesty International, Organizers Locations: Nigeria, Africa’s, Kano