Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – A nationwide strike called by organised labour unions in Nigeria began on Monday and has crippled essential services in the country Full text...
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Gaza war: Guterres ‘heartbroken’ by images of deadly strikes on Rafah camp
New York, US (PANA) - As fighting continues in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that he was “heartbroken” by images of people killed and injured in airstrikes on Sunday that hit tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah Full text...
Gaza war: UN officials condemn Israeli airstrikes on camp for displaced
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Senior UN officials have condemned Israeli air strikes on Sunday that hit a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza, reportedly claiming over 35 Palestinian lives, including women and children Full text...
Gaza war: Israeli strike on NGO aid team widely condemned as humanitarians repeat calls for access
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The killing of seven aid workers from the NGO World Central Kitchen in Israeli military airstrikes in central Gaza has been strongly condemned by senior UN humanitarian officials who on Tuesday reiterated repeated concerns that "there is no safe space left in Gaza" Full text...
Drone strikes on civilians in Burkina Faso apparent war crimes, says rights watchdog
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Three Burkina Faso military drone strikes that the government claimed targeted Islamist fighters killed at least 60 civilians and injured scores more at two crowded markets and a packed funeral in Burkina Faso and Mali between August and November 2023, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Thursday Full text...
Rights group says victims of 'reckless air strike' in Nigeria still awaiting justice after one year
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Human rights advocate, Amnesty International, is demanding justice for 40 people who were killed in an air strike in Rukubi, in Doma area of Nigeria's Nasarawa State one year ago Full text...
UN rights office demands investigation into 'a string of deadly airstrikes' killing civilians in Nigeria
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Authorities in Nigeria must investigate a string of deadly airstrikes over the past six years and hold those responsible to account, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Wednesday Full text...
2023 FIFA WWC: Banyana must stay strong for 90 minutes in Day 3 match
Wellington, New Zealand (PANA) - Star South Africa striker, Thembi Kgatlana, says the team must remain mentally focused for entire games after twice surrendering winning positions at the Women's World Cup Full text...
Malian road transporters suspend strike order
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The national union of interurban and international road transporters of Mali (Syntrui-Mali) suspended on Monday a strike that began on 20 December and which had disrupted several road networks in the country, a union source told PANA Full text...
Workers in Ghana warn of indefinite strike from 27 December over bonds in debt echange
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Organised labour in Ghana on Monday warned of an indefinite strike from 27 December over the government's decision to include their pension funds in its debt exchange programme to tackle the economic problems facing the country Full text...
Thousands stranded as commercial drivers’ strike in the Gambia
Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Thousands of Gambian commuters, students, and workers were stranded at bus stations across the country on Monday after commercial transport drivers went on strike over high fuel costs, PANA report here Full text...
Ghana teacher unions embark on strike to demand cost of living allowance
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Four Ghanaian teacher unions on Monday began an indefinite nationwide strike over demands for the payment of the Cost of Living Allowance (COLA), as living conditions deteriorate and the government seeks a programme from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Full text...
Public sector workers embark on strike in Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Public sector workers on Thursday embarked on a general strike which paralyzed vital activities of the country's economy, already in difficulty for several years Full text...
Pump attendants at three major petrol stations in Mali observe 72-hour strike
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Pump attendants of Total Energies, Shell Energie and Oryx Energie, the three biggest petrol stations in Mali, have been on a 72-hour strike since Wednesday for an improvement in their living and working conditions, PANA reported Full text...
Nigerian Air Force airstrikes kill five terror bandits’ kingpins, 26 others in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Five kingpins of terrorists and bandits’ groups in Zamfara State were Tuesday killed by Nigeria Air Force (NAF) bombardments around Baranda Forest, Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria Full text...
Mali's National Union of Higher Education suspends strike order
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research (SNESUP) of Mali on Friday suspended its 72-hour strike, scheduled for Tuesday 31 August to Thursday 2 September 2021 and five days from 6 to 10 September 2021, PANA learned on Monday from a union source Full text...
Bamako public school teachers on strike for non-payment of salaries
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Public school teachers in Bamako district have gone on strike effective Monday to press for payment of salaries to their colleagues in Commune V of the same district, according to a member of one of the many teachers' unions Full text...
Ethiopian crisis: US 'gravely concerned' about Tigray village market air strike
Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The United States says it is "gravely concerned" by reports that dozens of civilians were killed or injured during a bombing of a village market in northern Tigray on last Tuesday Full text...
UN investigation concludes French military airstrike killed Mali civilians
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) has concluded that a 3 January French military airstrike on the central Malian village of Bounty, hit a group largely made up of civilians, killing several of them Full text...
Bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako go on strike over hiked flour price
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some bakeries and pastry shops in Bamako, the Malian capital, on Monday began unilaterally a 48-hour strike to denounce the rise in the price of flour since last week, from 17,000 to 20,000 CFAF per 50kg bag, PANA reports Full text...
Tunisian students boycott class resumption to demand release of arrested schoolmates
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) Monday announced it was boycotting the start of the university academic year due the same day to demand the release of students arrested recently during protest movements Full text...
Workers at Gabriel Touré Hospital in Bamako on strike for 72 hours
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - At the call of their union, workers of Gabriel Toure Hospital, one of the largest medical centres in Mali, have been on strike since Tuesday for 72 hours to press their demand for, among other things, improved living and working conditions for staff, hygiene, reception and care within the institution, PANA learned from a union source Full text...
Coronavirus: Kenyan doctors agree to return to work after four-day strike
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A Kenyan dentist succumbed to the coronavirus disease on Friday, a day after a union of doctors in Kenya signed an agreement with the government to end a strike launched on 21 December to demand better protection of frontline medical personnel Full text...
Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in Tunisian public service go on strike
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Doctors, pharmacists and dentists in the Tunisian public health sector began a face-to-face strike on Friday at the call of their union affiliated to the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Full text...
Negotiations resume between government and Malian national workers’ union
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian government and the National Union of Malian workers (UNTM), the largest trade-union in Mali, Monday resumed negotiations that were suspended Friday to allow the authorities to respond to the demands, union sources told PANA Full text...
Mali's National Union of Workers suspends all negotiations with government
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the main trade union in the country, has opted to break off all negotiations with the government until further notice, the central executive office of UNTM said Wednesday in a statement Full text...
Strike by Malian workers paralyses activities in Bamako
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The five-day strike called on Monday by Mali's National Union of Workers (UNTM), the largest trade union in the country, has completely paralysed activities in the Malian capital, Bamako, where almost all public services, banks, customs and tax offices are virtually empty Full text...
Mali national workers union begins five-day strike
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The Malian national workers’ union (UNTM), the country’s largest trade-union, Friday confirmed it would go ahead with its five-day strike to be observed from 14-18 December after failed negotiations between it and the government Thursday afternoon Full text...
Tunisian magistrates extend their strike
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Bureau of the Tunisian Magistrates Association (AMT) announced Thursday in a statement that it would extend its strike indefinitely until the signing with the government of a final agreement determining the solution to all their demands Full text...
Aaaaaa Day of anger of the Health sector in Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Trade unions of public health professionals in Tunisia observed here Tuesday "a Day of National Anger" and sit-ins in all hospitals in the country on the theme "Save your hospital, Save your life" Full text...
Tunisian magistrates extend their strike by additional 5 days
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Association of Tunisian Magistrates (AMT) has called for their strike to be extended by an additional five days until an agreement that defines final solutions to claims pending negotiation is found Full text...
Mali's national trade union plans five-day strike next month
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Mali's largest trade union, Union Nationale des travailleurs du Mali (UNTM), intends to call a 120-hour strike from December 14 to 18 if its demands are not met, PANA learned from a union source Full text...
Coronavirus: Kenya clinical officers issue 14-day strike notice
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers Sunday gave the government a 14-day strike notice to meet their demands for better working conditions Full text...
Mali workers begin 72-hour strike
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The National Union of Workers of Mali (UNTM), the largest trade union in the country, is observing a 72-hour strike starting Wednesday, after the failure of negotiations with the government, the general-secretary, Yacouba Katilé, has announced Full text...
Nigerian trades unions suspend planned strike as govt reverses electricity tariff hike
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigerian trade unions have suspended the nationwide strike scheduled to commence on Monday to protest electricity and fuel price hikes Full text...
Hospitals ground to a halt as Ghana’s health workers strike
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Hospitals in Ghana virtually ground to a halt following an industrial action by the Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives Association (GRNMA) on Tuesday Full text...
Nurses, midwives in Ghana embark on strike
Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Nurses, midwives, physician assistants and anaesthetists in public health facilities in Ghana on Monday began a strike to press demands for better working conditions Full text...
Nigeria's health sector faces imminent collapse as other workers threaten to join striking doctors
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria’s health sector faces imminent collapse as other health workers threaten to join medical doctors, who are on a nationwide strike, from 13 September if the Federal Government fails to address their grievances Full text...
Mali: Teachers union members on strike to protest against the slow implementation of 20% wage increase
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Teachers under the umbrella Education unions have suspend classes and other educational activities, including training, marking of answer sheets, monitoring and boycotting end-of-year exams from Monday, 17 August, across the country in protest at the slow implementation of the 20% salary increase Full text...
Unemployed Tunisian journalists stage protest at government seat
Tunis Tunisia (PANA) - The coordination of unemployed Tunisian journalists organized a sit-in protest on Thursday in front of the seat of the government presidency, to press their demand for recruitment in the public sector, PANA witnessed on the spot Full text...
Tunisia: Tataouine oil field workers embark on indefinite strike
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Workers in the various oil fields in the Tataouine region, southern Tunisia, began an an indefinite strike Saturday, completely blocking oil and gas production, an official source said here Full text...
Police, demonstrators resume clashes in Tataouine, Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Clashes between police and demonstrators resumed on Monday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine after only a few hours of precarious calm, PANA reported Full text...
Union leaders in southern Tunisian town declare general strike after 'heavy-handed dispersal' of sit-in
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Regional Labour Union of Tataouine in southern Tunisia, a union affiliated with the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), on Sunday evening urgently declared a general strike for Monday "to denounce the intervention of the police" to disperse a sit-in of striking workers Full text...
Waves of protests reach several Tunisian regions
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Several Tunisian regions were Friday hit by waves of protests and strikes, leading to the deterioration of the economic situation and lives of Tunisians, PANA reported Full text...
Tunisia: Tourism professionals demonstrate in front of the seat of government
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tourism professionals organized a sit-in on Thursday in front of the Tunisian government palace in Kasbah, central Tunis, to demand the cancellation of their fiscal and social charges for the year 2020, PANA reported, quoting local sources Full text...
Workers at two Tunisian oil and gas fields begin three-day strike
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Workers at the Ouaha and Nouara oil and gas fields in the Tataouine region of southern Tunisia began a three-day strike on Wednesday, blocking production of the two fields, a union source said Full text...
Nigeria: Military airstrikes kills four bandits, destroy their logistics warehouse in Zamfara State
Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – The Nigerian Armed Forces on Sunday said that Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airstrikes destroyed a bandits’ logistics warehouse in Zamfara State, Northwest region of the country Full text...
Tunisian health workers hold day of anger
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Medical doctors and executives of the health sector in Tunisia Thursday held a sit-in protest in all the country’s health centers on the orders of the general health trade-union affiliated to the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) to demand improved working conditions Full text...
Malian civil administrators' unions plan 72-hour strike
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Unions of civilian administrators in Mali have threatened to go on a 72-hour strike from May 26 to press their demand for security of state officials while on duty, union sources told PANA on Tuesday Full text...
Phosphate mine workers demonstrate in Tunisia
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Workers from phosphate mines in the Sidi Bouzid region in central Tunisia on Thursday evening staged a demonstration in the streets of Meknasi to demand improvement of their conditions of service Full text...