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- Tunisian union calls national strike, rejects president's dialogue, article with galleryAfrica ·
May 23, 2022 · 2:44 PM UTC Tunisia's powerful labour union said on Monday 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.
- AfricaSevered head of missing Nigerian lawmaker found in park
Police in Nigeria have discovered the severed head of a state legislator who went missing last week in the southeastern state of Anambra, where the government accuses separatists of carrying out a spate of killings and kidnappings, police said on Sunday.
- AfricaEthiopian regional authority arrests four staff members of media group
Authorities in Ethiopia's northern Amhara region have arrested four employees of a U.S.-based online media outlet, while the whereabouts of two others was unclear, the outlet said on Sunday, in the latest round of arrests involving media.
- AfricaWork suspended at Botswana's Khoemacau copper mine after accident kills two
Operations have been suspended at Khoemacau Zone 5 copper and silver mine in Botswana after an underground accident killed two people on Friday, the company said on Saturday.
- AfricaThree Italians kidnapped in southern Mali
Armed men kidnapped an Italian couple and their son in southern Mali overnight, their church said on Friday, as violence spreads in a country ravaged by an Islamist insurgency.