Tag: strike
Hundred plus military medics keep services going at strike-hit hospitals
Over a hundred SA Military Health Service (SAMHS) personnel are still deployed at public hospitals in three provinces, notwithstanding the Nehawu (National Education, Health...
Strike affects SAA financial position
The recent South African Airways (SAA) strike resulted in a sudden deterioration of the state-owned company’s financial position, the Public Enterprises Ministry revealed.
The Ministry...
SAA signs wage deal with non-striking union
South African Airways (SAA) signed a deal on Friday with a union not involved in a strike crippling the heavily indebted carrier, giving its...
Strike has not shut down all SAA services
South African Airways (SAA) is currently operating international and some regional flights and domestic services despite workers downing tools over salary increases.
These services are...
Unions threaten to ground SA aviation
Striking unions threatened to shut down South Africa’s entire aviation industry by extending industrial action beyond state-run South African Airways (SAA).
SAA cancelled hundreds...
SAA strike underway
Workers at South African Airways (SAA) downed tools on Friday in a strike over wages and job cuts forcing the troubled state-owned carrier to...
Drone strike on Murzuq
A drone strike by eastern Libyan forces on the southern Libyan town Murzuq killed at least 43, a local official said.
The eastern Libyan National...
Protest threatens Sudan stability
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrators converged on central Khartoum demanding civilian rule amid increasing tensions with the country’s military rulers who accused a protest encampment...
Mariners in South Africa set to strike
South Africa’s transport workers union Satawu threatened a “total shutdown” at major ports across the country after issuing a 48-hour strike notice for mariners...
Sudan strike – Day Two
Banks in the Sudanese capital Khartoum came to a virtual standstill as protest and opposition groups organised a second day of strikes to pressure...
Day One of Sudan strike
Sudan’s alliance of opposition and protest groups held the first day of a strike on Tuesday as tension mounted with the country’s military rulers...
Port Sudan protests disrupt South Sudan oil exports
South Sudan’s oil exports were disrupted after oil workers in Port Sudan in neighbouring Sudan went on strike and joined widespread anti-government protests, a...
Ebola workers threaten to strike
Health workers in an epicentre of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak threatened to go on strike if authorities don’t do more to...
Moroccan teachers strike
About 10,000 teachers staged a new protest in the Moroccan capital Rabat to demand permanent jobs, hours after police used water cannon to disperse...
Police called to quell SA mine violence
Growing unrest at Sibanye-Stillwater’s South African gold operation left nine people dead since workers downed tools in November, prompting the country’s mineral resources minister...
French jets strike in Chad
French warplanes struck a rebel convoy in northern Chad, helping local troops repel a cross border incursion from Libya, a sign France’s support for...
No national strike in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe’s umbrella public sector union backed down from a national strike, an official said, citing the volatile situation in the country after this month’s...
Another US air strike in Somalia
The US military killed 24 militants in an air strike on Wednesday in the vicinity of Shebeeley in central Somalia.
The military’s Africa Command (Africom)...
South Africa’s largest labour union plans nationwide strike over mass layoffs
South Africa’s largest labour union group, with more than a million and a half members, said on Wednesday it would stage a nationwide strike...
Massive strike in Tunisia
Rail, bus and air traffic stopped in Tunisia as the powerful UGTT union staged a one-day nationwide strike to protest government's refusal to raise...
US air strike in Somalia kills six
The US military killed six Islamist militants in an air strike in Somali in the in the Lower Shabelle region, it said.
"At this...
Warning strike on Nigerian oil facility
A Nigerian militant group carried out an as yet unconfirmed warning strike on an oil facility owned by local energy firm Conoil on Friday...
Four dead after Somali air strike
The US military killed four militants in an air strike against al Shabaab militants in the vicinity of Awdheegle, Somalia, part of...
Zimbabwe doctors strike – again
Zimbabwean doctors at public hospitals went on strike for the second time this year to demand better pay and conditions, a union...
Militants die in US Somalia airstrike
The US military killed three militants in an air strike targeting the al-Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia on Tuesday.
The military's Africa Command...
Public sector strike in Tunisia
Schools, universities, municipalities and ministries were shut and hospitals on emergency staffing in a nationwide walkout organised by the UGTT union, the...
Nigerian strike could flare up again
Nigerian trade unions may resume a nationwide strike if government fails to publicly agree to a proposed increase in the minimum wage...
South African plastics sector on strike
Thousands of South African plastics sector workers began a strike on Monday over pay and benefits, halting operations at some companies, the...
US air strike in Somalia
The US military said it killed nine militants in an air strike in southern Somalia during a battle between US and Somali...
Unions in Nigeria strike
Nigeria's main unions started an indefinite nationwide strike over the minimum wage, after talks with government broke down, the leader of an...
Two dead in Tripoli rocket strike
Two people were killed when a rocket hit a displaced people camp in Libya's capital as fighting between rival armed groups continued...
Two killed in South Somalia air strike
United States forces conducted an air strike in co-ordination with Somalia's army killing two al Shabaab fighters, the US military said.
"We currently...
Planned Tunisia airport strike is off
Tunisian airport employees called off a strike slated to take place this week after a deal was reached with government to improve...
Mali election workers end strike
Election organisers in Mali ended a two-week strike over working conditions, a union said, lifting a threat to a looming vote.
Malians are...
Mali election organisers strike
Election workers in Mali extended a strike, a union representative said, casting further doubt on an election meant to chart a way...
Mali administrators’ strike threatens presidential election
Mali local government administrators in the forefront of organising next month's presidential election launched a seven-day strike demanding more security and allowances,...
Precision US airstrike in Libya
The United States conducted a precision air strike near the Libyan town Bani Walid, killing four Islamic State militants.
The strike was...
SA Military Health Service still filling the gap in North West
More than a hundred uniformed healthcare practitioners are daily applying their various specialised disciplines in the troubled North West, secure in knowing...
University lecturers strike in Kenya over
Kenya public university lecturers ended a strike over low pay after reaching an agreement with authorities, a union official said, allowing classes...
Zimbabwe nurses’ strike over
Zimbabwean nurses called off a strike against poor working conditions and returned to work on Monday, a nurses union said.
Vice President Constantino...
Striking Zimbabwe nurses fired
Zimbabwe sacked 16,000 striking nurses as the new government seeks to keep a lid on labour unrest in the build-up to the...
US airstrike in Somalia
The US military killed three militants after launching an air strike in Somalia against al Shabaab, a militant Islamist group allied with...
More Algerian doctors and teachers join pay strikes
Algerian doctors are expanding a pay strike and teachers are resuming one, representatives said on Tuesday, putting pressure on President Abdelaziz Bouteflika...
Air strike close to Mogadishu
An air strike hit a village south of Mogadishu and a local official said the attack targeted Islamist al Shabaab militants fighting...
No Somali citizens killed in US raid
The US military did not kill any civilians when it accompanied Somali forces on a deadly raid in August, US Africa Command...
US air strike target IS militants in Somalia
The US military executed an air strike against Islamic State militants in north-east Somalia, killing one person.
Islamic State has been gathering...
Somalia requested US air strike
Somalia's government requested the US air strike which killed more than 100 suspected militants earlier this week to pave the way...
US Somalia air strike kills over 100 militants
The US military killed more than 100 Islamist militants in Somalia when it launched an air strike against al Shabaab, an al...
Healthcare personnel in Libya on strike
Medical staff in the southern Libyan city Sabha are suspending work for 10 days in protest over poor security after a doctor...
Ugandan doctors strike
Doctors in Ugandan public hospitals went on strike to protest low salaries and shortages of essential supplies, a spokesman for their union...
