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Tunisian union calls national strike, rejects president's dialogue

Tunisian union calls national strike, rejects president's dialogue
Tunisia's powerful labour union said it would hold a national strike over wages and the economy after refusing to take part in a limited dialogue proposed by the president as he rewrites the constitution.
Tunisian parties vow to fight president’s ‘autocratic rule’
Tunisia's political parties pledged to fight President Kais Saied's decision to exclude them from key political reforms including the drafting of a new Constitution, accusing him of seeking to consolidate autocratic rule.
U.N.: 18 million facing severe hunger in West Africa’s Sahel
The U.N. is warning that 18 million people in Africa’s Sahel region face severe hunger in the next three months, citing the impacts of Russia’s war in Ukraine, the coronavirus pandemic, climate-induced shocks and rising costs.
Nearly 60m people internally displaced worldwide in 2021
Conflicts and natural disasters forced tens of millions to flee within their own country last year, pushing the number of internally displaced people to a record high, monitors said Thursday.
Biden reestablishes US troop presence inside Somalia
US President Joe Biden has ordered the reestablishment of a US troop presence in Somalia to help local authorities combat the Al-Shabaab militant group, a senior American official told reporters Monday.
Double standard in Europe’s treatment of Ukrainian, African migrants: IFRC
The president of the Red Cross and Red Crescent societies rebuked what he said was Europe’s starkly different treatment of African migrants compared to those from Ukraine.
Somalia imposes election curfew in capital
Police in Somalia on Saturday announced a curfew in the capital Mogadishu, citing security concerns as they barred all public activity except emergency services until Sunday’s long-overdue presidential election is completed.
Egypt says terrorists kill 11 troops east of Suez Canal
At least 11 Egyptian troops, including an officer, were killed Saturday in a terrorist attack on a water pumping station east of the Suez Canal, the military said.
UNHCR appeals for urgent action amid soaring deaths at sea
'More than 3,000 lost in sea crossings to Europe in 2021'
Clashes in Sudan's West Darfur killed over 210: Governor
At least 213 people were killed in three days of violence between Arab and non-Arab groups in Sudan's West Darfur, the state governor said, giving the first official toll for recent clashes.

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