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World Service,01 Mar 2023,26 mins

Can Sri Lanka get through its economic crisis?

World Business Report

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Sri Lanka workers defy strike ban to protest IMF bailout plan which is hitting their wallets. President Ranil Wickremesinghe is facing a public backlash over steep tax increases and spending cuts imposed to secure the IMF funding. Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been declared Nigeria’s president elect but he inherits a country facing challenges including insecurity, unemployment and rising inflation. We hear from the man helping him shape his response to perhaps his biggest challenge, turning Africa's largest economy around. (Picture: An elephant mahout riding elephants in the forest. Picture Credit: Getty Images)

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