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Doctors in Nigeria begin indefinite strike

Reports and analysis of the day's political, economic and sports news from across Africa.

Doctors in Nigeria have begun an indefinite strike, demanding that outstanding salaries be paid. The industrial action is taking place whilst the country is in the middle of a vaccination campaign effort aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19. We hear the thoughts of Dr Kafayat Muibi, Financial Secretary of Resident Doctors at University College Hospital in Ibadan.

Plus, Liberia's President George Weah has imposed a night-time curfew on the coastal county of Maryland, following days of violent demonstrations involving tens of thousands of mostly female protesters.

And Barnaby Phillips talks to Bola Mosuro about his new book, Loot: Britain and the Benin Bronzes.

(Photo: Health workers receive Covid-19 vaccines State Hospital in Abuja, Nigeria; Credit: Adam Abu-bashal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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Thu 1 Apr 202117:06GMT

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