Guinea strike ends after agreement reached over wages, pensions

Guinea's four-day general strike ended on Friday after the government agreed to raise wages and pensions for workers, labour union officials and the government said on Friday. Guinea, whose economy is still reeling from an Ebola outbreak, holds nearly a third of the world's reserves of the metal, used to make aluminium, and currently produces around 18 million tonnes a year. Despite the agreement over wages and pensions, the government of Guinea did not agree to lower fuel prices - another key u