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Feb 2023
28m 9s

Protests break out in Nigerian cities as...

Bbc World Service
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Protests have broken out in parts of southern Nigeria and there are reports of two commercial banks being set on fire, as anger mounts over the scarcity of cash. The furore has been caused by the central bank's decision to scrap old banknotes and to replace them with new ones that are not widely available. Hundreds of followers of the main Christian Orthodo ... Show More
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