Egypt imposes business curfew to counter soaring fuel costs
Africa
One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.
From the show
Reading time
1 min
In tonight's edition, Egypt orders shops, restaurants and shopping malls to shut their doors from 9:00 pm Saturday as it hopes to cushion the blow of energy prices that have more than doubled because of the Iran war. Also, rising jihadist violence in the Sahel is hitting tourism in Benin. And Somali women defy Al-Shabaab threats and conservative norms to play football.
Produced by Yinka Oyetade and Antonia Cimini