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Guinea
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2 killed in Guinea’s army and police clash

afrol News, 18 June - At least two people are reported dead and seven treated for gunshot wounds following clashes between Guinean army and striking police officers whose base was raided in the country’s capital, Conakry, on Tuesday in trying to put down a two day police strike.

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Zimbabwe
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Zimbabwe unionists charged for inciting uprising

afrol News, 9 May - Police on Thursday detained the President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) for mentioning in May Day speeches the election controversy and the ensuing violent intimidation campaign.

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Zimbabwe
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Unionists campaign against Zimbabwe's arm shipment

afrol News, 23 April - Presidents of Angola and Namibia have been urged not to allow an arm shipment destined for Zimbabwe to be unloaded at their sea ports.

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Ghana | World
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Trade unions call for decent work

afrol News, 22 April - Trade ministers and heads of state meeting for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the Ghanaian capital Accra have been urged to endorse a strong commitment on the interlinkage between trade and development.

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Nigeria
Labour | Politics | Society | Human rights

'The graves are not yet full'

afrol News, 7 April - One of Africa's most industrious sons and "father of the Internet" has made a recollection of the bloody Biafran war at the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination in Atlanta, Georgia. Philip Emeagwali, a Nigerian born, also used the event to draw the attention of the world to the "committing suicide" in Africa.

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» 03.04.2008 - Exiled Swazi hero murdered
» 07.03.2008 - No-work-no-pay rule damned
» 07.03.2008 - Rioting Zambia miners sacked
» 26.02.2008 - 7 killed in Cameroon protest
» 20.02.2008 - EU renews Zimbabwe ban
» 11.02.2008 - Uganda strike causes deaths
» 28.01.2008 - Ghana shuns labour standard
» 17.12.2007 - Slapped Kenya MC sacked
» 17.12.2007 - Editor's killers still at large
» 12.12.2007 - Journalists attract solidarity
» 01.08.2007 - Kenya Minister clashes with police
» 29.06.2007 - SA unions call off strike
» 23.06.2007 - Deadlock looms over Nigeria strike
» 13.06.2007 - Strikers’ intimidation torments SA leader
» 06.06.2007 - Violence against Chad unions "escalates"
» 04.06.2007 - Month-old general strike threatens Chadians
» 22.05.2007 - SAA probes abnormal crew behaviour
» 03.05.2007 - Frequent strikes torments Senegal leader
» 30.04.2007 - Watchdog condemns NGO extermination in Zimbabwe
» 28.03.2007 - Air Senegal workers call off strike
» 26.03.2007 - Air Senegal workers begin strike
» 26.02.2007 - Guinea unions call off strike
» 19.02.2007 - Guinea opposition resists negotiation
» 14.02.2007 - Guinea lifts curfew but violence persists
» 13.02.2007 - Martial law in Guinea causes more protests
» 12.02.2007 - Guinea still in flames
» 29.01.2007 - As strike ends, Guineans hope for reform
» 26.01.2007 - Kenya journalists in labour conflict
» 25.01.2007 - No end to strike in Guinea
» 23.01.2007 - Death toll up in Guinea rebellion
» 22.01.2007 - Guinea confronts strike with fire
» 11.01.2007 - Guinea strike gets broad society support
» 10.01.2007 - Guinea in general strike over graft
» 03.01.2007 - Striking Cameroon prison guards "tortured"
» 22.12.2006 - South Africa's biggest security firm under fire
» 21.12.2006 - University lecturers in Uganda call off strike
» 16.11.2006 - Moroccan professors strike over work conditions
» 15.09.2006 - Zimbabwe unionist "tortured in detention"
» 15.09.2006 - Nigeria oil workers suspend strike
» 13.09.2006 - Zimbabwe mass protests minimised
» 13.09.2006 - Three-day oil strike started in Nigeria
» 06.09.2006 - Zimbabwe opposition groups join forces
» 07.06.2006 - Cameroon airports paralysed by strike
» 05.06.2006 - Unions in Guinea threaten indefinite strike
» 12.04.2006 - Swazi pro-democracy activists arrested in SA
» 30.03.2006 - Unions slam SA hi-tech rail for ignoring poor
» 27.02.2006 - Guinea paralysed by general strike
» 05.12.2005 - Nigeria's Biafra separatists call strike
» 01.03.2005 - Curfew after clashes in Comoros' Anjouan island
» 07.02.2005 - General strike in Burkina Faso successful
» 24.01.2005 - Strike threat in Swaziland, despite prohibition
» 08.12.2004 - New oil price strike threats in Nigeria
» 16.11.2004 - Nigeria unions call off strike after govt offer
» 14.10.2004 - Nigeria's fuel price strike suspended
» 11.10.2004 - Nation-wide fuel strike hits Nigeria
» 16.09.2004 - South Africa's public workers strike against "underpayment"
» 01.09.2004 - Botswana govt denies interference in strike
» 31.08.2004 - Botswana diamond strikers evicted from homes
» 11.06.2004 - Unions suspend Nigeria strike
» 10.06.2004 - Nigeria strike continues despite police violence
» 24.03.2004 - Shell restructuring plans in Nigeria cause labour protest
» 19.02.2004 - Zambian strike action may continue
» 18.02.2004 - Tense atmosphere ahead of Zambian strike
» 16.02.2004 - South African unions threaten "unpatriotic" retailers
» 13.02.2004 - Students arrested in Guinean university strike
» 21.01.2004 - Strike over Nigerian fuel tax called off
» 15.01.2004 - New fuel strike decided in Nigeria
» 20.11.2003 - Strike over Zimbabwe union leaders' arrest flops
» 18.11.2003 - Police arrest Zimbabwean trade union leaders
» 17.11.2003 - Unions fear violence at Zimbabwe protest tomorrow
» 09.07.2003 - Nigeria's most bloody strike ends
» 05.07.2003 - Nigerian unions reject govt offer
» 30.06.2003 - Nigerian general strike finds support
» 25.06.2003 - Nigerian strike may paralyse oil industry
» 17.06.2003 - Zimbabwe strike ban termed "desperate action"
» 14.06.2003 - Zambian trade unions increasingly met with violence
» 12.06.2003 - Gabonese unionists still discriminated against
» 11.06.2003 - Labour disputes still dominate Central African Republic
» 11.06.2003 - Most Burkinabe still lack right to strike
» 10.06.2003 - Swazi govt remains "fiercely anti-union"
» 10.06.2003 - Chad-Cameroon pipeline cause of labour disputes
» 06.06.2003 - Concerns over violence on Zimbabwe's "D-Day"

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