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Kenya Airways strike disrupts flights as passengers get stranded

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– – Thousands of flights have been disrupted and passengers stranded following pilots strike at Kenya Airways. Kenya airways is one of Africa’s biggest carriers but has been facing some challenges forcing Saturday’s strike, despite the government urging them to call it off. The pilots union have called the strike over a dispute on pensions contributions and settlement of deferred… Read More
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Nigeria: Lecturers suspend eight-month old strike

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– – Academic work is set to resume in Nigerian universities as lecturers there suspend an eight-month old strike. The aggrieved lecturers have been demanding better funding for universities, more facilities and an improved pay system among other issues. Several rounds of talks with the government had failed to resolve the dispute. Last month a court ordered the lecturers to… Read More
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Nigeria: University teachers to challenge order to suspend strike

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– – Public university teachers in Nigeria may not comply with an order to suspension of their seven month old strike which has disrupted academic activities. The leaders of the striking lecturers have hinted that they will appeal against the order of an arbitration court directing them to return to work. The National Industrial Court gave the order on Wednesday… Read More
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Nigeria: Patients stranded as strike by doctors disrupts health services

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– – Hundreds of patients have been stranded in Nigerian hospitals as a result of an indefinite strike by doctors. The strike follows an ultimatum issued by National Association of Resident Doctors to the federal government to improve wages and allowances of doctors. Uyilawa Okhuaihesuyi, the head of the association has hinted that they will lay down their tools if their demands… Read More
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Flights grounded at Ghana’s main airport as staff begin strike

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– – Passengers are stranded at the Kotoka International Airport in Ghana as airport staff embark on strike. The strike had disrupted domestic and international flights as the airport workers demand the dismissal of their Managing Director Yaw Kwakwa over allegations of mismanagement. The irate workers also locked out the embattled MD who had earlier denied allegations levelled against him… Read More
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SA Airways cancels weekend flights over workers’ strike

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South African Airways (SAA) has cancelled all domestic and international flights scheduled for Friday and Saturday. The cancellation is taking place due to a planned workers’ strike this weekend. The South African Cabin Crew Association and National Union of Metal Workers of South Africa on Wednesday said that the airline staff will go on strike starting on Friday. The workers… Read More
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Zimbabwe sacks hundreds of doctors over strike action

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Zimbabwe has sacked over 200 out of the 1,601 of doctors who work in public health institutions. A third of its workforce of doctors who provide health care in public hospitals are currently facing the sack. The decision to sack these doctors is based on their refusal to call off their strike and return to work. Doctors have been on… Read More
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Nurses in Zimbabwe embark on strike

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Nurses at all council clinics in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare have abandoned work compounding the health crisis in the country. The nurses declared strike on Monday citing incapacitation, according to local media reporting. Harare city Health director Dr Prosper Chonzi told Herald Newspaper that the latest development was a big blow to health sector. “As you know, most patients were now… Read More
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Zimbabwe: Doctors on strike over the abduction of union leader

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Doctors in Zimbabwe are on strike demanding the release of an abducted union leader. Peter Magombeyi who heads a doctor’s union disappeared on Saturday. His colleague doctors and other union officials fear that he could have been abducted by the security forces. Dr. Magombeyi has not been heard from since after sending a message on Saturday to his girlfriend saying… Read More
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Zimbabwe: Workers union rejects pay offer from government

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Zimbabwe’s main public sector union has rejected a pay offer from the government. The rejection of the offer on Saturday could compound the worsening economic situation in that country. The government now risks forcing the workers into embarking on strikes if it fails to reach a new agreement with them. The Union had said that the proposal from the government… Read More