Christmas Attack In Ukraine, Honda-Nissan Merger, Nigeria's Economic Crisis

563.544 - 586.615 Sarah McCammon

In Nigeria, the holidays are less festive this year as the country is in the grip of one of its worst economic crises in decades. The government imposed a set of controversial economic reforms that critics say have only made poverty worse. And despite recent quarters of economic growth, inflation has soared. NPR's West Africa correspondent Emmanuel Akinwotu joins us now. Hi there.