President of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, announced after taking office on May 29 that he would soon end a long-standing fuel subsidy since the country could no longer afford the cost. His comments sparked a gas buying frenzy and raised inflation concerns in one of Africa’s top oil-producing countries.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Jakarta and other Indonesian cities on Tuesday to protest a steep hike on subsidized fuel prices that the government imposed at the weekend, and threatened a nationwide strike if the administration did not reverse course
Zimbabweans say their lives will now get even harder following the fuel price increase President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Saturday night