Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian doctors on Tuesday announced the end of their crippling strike that disrupted services in government health facilities and brought suffering to patients for about one month. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Teachers in Nigerian polytechnics have commenced an indefinite strike over pay and the poor work conditions, the local media reported Monday. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghana's National Labour Commission (NLC) has filed a writ at the High Court seeking the powers of the court to compel striking doctors to return to the hospitals as conditions in the public health facilities continue to deteriorate. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Thousands of disgruntled teachers in South Africa on Wednesday morning embarked on protest marches in Cape Town and Pretoria. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - The strike by doctors in public health facilities in Ghana entered its second week on Monday, but with doctors rescinding their decision to intensify their action, at least for a week. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The Gabon’s national oil union, ONEP, has suspended its strike following a meeting in Port-Gentil to pave the way for talks with the government. Full text...

Accra, Ghana (PANA) - Ghanaian teachers on Monday began an indefinite strike to press for higher pay, despite a last minute attempt by the government to avoid a full-scale action that has been timed to coincide with the start of the West African Senior Schools Certificate Examinations (WASSCE). Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa faces a crippling judicial strike if the country’s magistrates carry out their threat to down their gavels from Monday. Full text...

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Gabon’s oil workers’ union (ONEP) Sunday began an indefinite strike, following the failure of talks with the government on the situation in the oil sector. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Normal health services resumed at Burundi's public health institutions Monday after nurses and paramedics ended a three-week strike to press for higher wages and better work conditions, PANA reported Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Several members of the Burundi National Trade Union of Nurses and Paramedics (SYNAPA) were arrested Thursday when police officers tried to force the striking workers back to work, according to local media reports. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - The strike embarked upon by the umbrella National Union of Nurses and Paramedical Personnel in Burundi (SYNAPA) has entered its third week. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - Representatives of 12,000 Anglo American Platinum workers who were fired this weekend Monday confirmed they will lay murder charges after a colleague was killed in clashes with police. Full text...

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) - South Africa is to draft the military to join the police in restoring order at South African mines, after weeks of violence and intimidation involving mine workers and law enforcement agencies. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Secondary school teachers in Mauritanian have threatened to embark on a nationwide strike 2-17 May over pay and other issues. Full text...

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Workers at the state-run Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) went on strike Wednesday to protest low pay and poor work environment, after months of talks with executives failed to yield fruit. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese National Union of Road Transport Workers (SNTTRS) has suspended its strike, at the request of religious leaders of the country's two main Muslim groups, union spokesman Fallou Samb announced on Thursday evening. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - An indefinite, nation-wide strike aimed at protesting high petrol prices in Nigeria started on Monday, following the failure of last-ditch efforts to avert the strike. Full text...

Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) on Sunday expressed its support for the country's labour unions, ahead of Monday's start of an indefinite, nation-wide strike to protest high petrol prices occasioned by the government's removal of state subsidy. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Senegal's National Union of Road Transport Workers (SNTRS) has asked its members to return to work after a two-day strike, called to protest high cost of fuel and insurance as well as incessant police harassment. Full text...

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - A strike called by Senegal's National Federation of Road Transport Workers has left the capital city of Dakar and other cities paralyzed since Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The Mauritanian National Association of Secondary School Teachers (SNES) has served notice of a strike, effective from 15 January, 2012, to the Ministry of Public Service, according to a statement issued Tuesday by the SNES and sent to PANA here. Full text...

Paris, France (PANA) - Several French Socialist and Communist elected representatives have declared support for the strike action that was started 28 November by the staff of Radio France International (RFI) against the decision to merge France 24, RFI and TV5 monde under the French Foreign Audiovisual Policy (AEF), PANA learnt Friday from union sources in Paris. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The Beninese government Monday said it would not pay the salaries of workers who are currently on strike. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania’s National Union of Secondary Education (SNES) is embarking on a three-day general strike from Sunday, sources close to the union told PANA. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Miners at the Tasiast Mauritania Limited on Thursday began a general strike to press for a wage increase of 15 percent, union sources told PANA here. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Striking medical doctors in Mauritania were due to start work Wednesday, after they called off their strike that started 7 April. Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Members of National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Mali (SYNESUP) have called off their indefinite strike after the signing Monday of an agreement between the Malian government and the leaders of the organization in Bamako, according to a PANA report. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The three-day strike embarked upon Sunday by the National Union of Secondary Education in Mauritania (SNES) has been largely successful, thus paralysing teaching and learning at that level, according to a statement issued by the union and obtained by PANA here Monday. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - The National Secondary Education Union of Mauritania (SNES) Saturday called for a three-day strike (8, 9 and 10 May), to claim "better living conditions" for teachers. Full text...

Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Two workes' unions in the education sector on Sunday announced a three-day strike from 8-10 May to support several demands aimed at improving working and living conditions of professionals. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Teachers of the University of Kinshasa (UNIKIN) in DR Congo will embark on an indefinite work stoppage starting Monday, following an extraordinary meeting Saturday by the Association of Teachers of UNIKIN (APUKIN). Full text...

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The strike action, commenced Saturday by members of the National Union of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Mali (SYNESUP), continued Tuesday, paralyzing activities at the University of Bamako and other schools across the country, PANA noted. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Academic activities remain paralysed in Burundi's public primary and secondary schools Tuesday, the second day of the strike embarked upon by some teachers in the country to press for better working conditions. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - A strike by magistrates, who are demanding improved welfare, has paralyzed Burundi's justice system since Thursday, PANA learnt from union officials in Bujumbura. Full text...

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Striking health sector workers in Benin are expected to resume work in the next few days, after the government agreed to improve their risk bonuses, the main reason for the strike, PANA learnt Tuesday from official sources in Cotonou. Full text...

Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Commercial buses were still missing for the second consecutive day Tuesday in Bujumbura, the Burundian capital, following a strike called by private operators to protest a recent increase in insurance tariffs. Full text...

Kinshasa, DR Congo (PANA) - Teachers in primary and secondary schools in DR Congo are threatening not to resume classes after the end-of-year holidays if the government does not pay their salary arrears for November and December at the latest on 31 December 2010. Full text...

Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) - â" An indefinite strike by Ivorian drivers over new fuel prices entered its second day on Tuesday with commuters of the city of A bidjan feeling the pinch and the economy slowing down considerably. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) â" An indefinite strike called- by Mali's National Health an d Social Action Union (SNSAS) started on Wednesday with several hospitals and he a lth centres in the capital, Bamako, providing only minimum service. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- The umbrella trade union movement in Niger, Coordination of Forces for Democracy and Republic (CFDR), which brings together all workers i n Niger, have called for a general strike for Tuesday, 22 December, the date mark i ng the end of President Mamadou Tandja's constitutional term, union sources said on Monday in Niamey. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A three-day general strike called by Senegal's labour in spectors and controllers trade union ended on Monday, union sources told PANA in Dakar. Full text...

Abidjan- Cأ´te d'Ivoire (PANA) -- Public universities and research centres in Cأ´te d'Ivoire are paralysed by a strike which started on Monday to press for better working conditions. Full text...

N'Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- The Chadian road transport trade union is threatening t o go on strike to denounce â?the anarchic tariffsâ? in the sector. Full text...

N’Djamena- Chad (PANA) -- The chair of the Chadian traders' union, Mahamat Abakar , said Friday that the union would go on strike soon to demand the government's payment of a d ebt, amounting to CFA F20b, owed to the union. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) - – A number of financial sector workers in the Democrat ic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Wednesday launched an indefinite strike action to p ress demands for payment of their bonuses for 2009. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- Gabon's National Union of Health Workers (SYNAPS) embarked on a general strike on Monday to press for a better welfare for its member, PANA reported. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Medical doctors in Burundi Monday embarked a two-day strike to press for higher wages, PANA reported. Full text...

Lome- Togo (PANA) -- Workers of the Togolese Phosphates Office/International Fertilizer Group (OTP/IFG), which was liquidated into the Togo's National Phosphates Company (SNPT), entered their second day of strike Tuesday to protest the poor situation of the firm's workers and the company's long liquidation process, union sources told PANA. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Teachers and government medical staff, including nurses and doctors, have gone on strike in Zimbabwe, demanding higher pay and better working conditions. Full text...