High Fuel Prices May Spark General Strike in Sierra Leone

Another general strike over the price of fuel may occur in neighbouring Sierra Leone. The Sierra Leone Labour Congress has called on its government to rescind a late October price hike—the third fuel price hike in nine months—or face a strike. “Most industrial firms and employers depend on generators. Which invariably affects cost of production with a high probability for redundancy for workers and high process for products,” the national center said in a release last week.