Nigeria: Govt resorts to chopping trees to defend the Naira

17 August 2015, Abuja – The Nigerian government has resorted to chopping down trees lining the streets of its capital to thwart black market money changers, one of a range of unorthodox measures it is deploying to defend its weakening currency. On an August morning in Abuja, a labourer who said he was hired by […] More »