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Public sector offices in Burundi were mostly closed on Tuesday as government workers as well as shop owners went on strike to protest against high living costs after the government more than doubled prices of electricity and water.
Unions organised the strike after the government refused their demands to reverse a 124 percent rise in electricity charges in the central African nation and a 266 percent increase in water tariffs, imposed last September.
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