AFP
07/30/2009
A 24-hour strike call to press public sector claims for a 50 percent pay rise in Niger was widely followed Thursday in the capital Niamey, trade union sources said.
"The strike is being well followed, even if there are places where people are working," Amadou Harouna Maiga of the USTN, a federation of trade unions of Niger, told AFP.
Administrative offices, banks and many shops were closed. However, public transport was running normally in Niamey and traffic levels were normal, an AFP correspondent reported...
