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afrol News, 7 March - Nigerian government has been damned for issuing a directive to all heads of universities that it would apply no-work-no-pay rule. In this piece, an education rights campaigner of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, Kola Ibrahim, wondered why the rule should be applied to all lecturers who participated in the last warning strike, describing the rule as "condemnable" and "provocative."

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Sudan
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Sudan benefits gender education

afrol News, 25 October - A five-year Gender Equity through Education Programme has been launched in the Southern Sudanese capital of Juba. Launched by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in cooperation with the South Sudan government, a total of US $6.5 million has been earmarked for the programme.

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Congo Brazzaville
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Critical lack of health workers in Brazzaville

afrol News / IRIN, 17 July - Congo Brazzaville's Minister of Health, Social Affairs and Family, Emilienne Raoul, has raised concerns that a critical lack of qualified staff in the public health sector will have repercussions for the population's health. She warns of a regional "human resources crisis."

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Uganda
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University lecturers in Uganda call off strike

afrol News, 21 December - Lecturers at Uganda's Makerere University have called off weeks of strikes after they were assured of a salary increase. Uganda's lead university has been closed by the government, fearing the reaction of unruly students.

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Kenya
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400 new doctors to lose jobs in Kenya

afrol News, 20 December - At least 400 newly qualified doctors in public hospitals in Kenya will be out of job next week. Health officials said budgetary constraints within the Ministry of Health had prompted the move. This is in tandem with the government's policy shift that abolishes automatic employment for health workers.

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