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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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Zambia
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Rioting Zambia miners sacked

afrol News, 7 March - The sacked Zambian mine workers of Chambishi copper mining firm have been given three days to reapply for their jobs and give reasons why they should join the Chambishi copper smelter or risk losing face redundancy.

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Malawi
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Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi

afrol News / The Chronicle, 16 July - Highly skilled professionals continue to emigrate from Malawi and the rest of Southern Africa. The impacts of this 'brain drain' are complex and it is clear that many African countries and Malawi in particular, have been left with serious specific gaps in many areas especially in the health sector.

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Libya
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Libya to lay off 400,000 employees

afrol News, 22 January - Libyan authorities in their preparations for this year's national budget have decided to lay off more than one third of the country's civil servants within the next few years. In a bid to ease budgetary strains and encourage private sector investments, authorities nevertheless offer to pay three years of salaries.

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Mauritius
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Mauritius expects less unemployed in 2007

afrol News, 4 January - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam expects the national economy to boom this year, following the positive trends in 2006, where the unemployment rate started dropping for the first time in 16 years. In particular the tourism and IT sectors are expected to create thousands of new jobs in Mauritius in 2007.

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