Burundi Civil Society, Unions Plan Protests Over Living Costs
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Burundian civil-society groups and labor unions may hold protests over the increased cost of living in the East African country after water and power prices more than doubled.
A decision will be made “soon” whether to hold demonstrations after a request submitted to the government to revise utility costs was ignored, Piere Nduwayo, spokesman for the Burundi Consumers’ Association, said in an interview yesterday in Bujumbura, the capital.