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Obstacles to progress

Realities

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Angola (January 2020)
More than 500 workers from US oil company Halliburton, a service provider to Angolan
companies operating in the country, are on strike "indefinitely" in protest against unpaid wages
at the central bank's exchange rate.

https://www.verangola.net/va/en/012020/Energy/17788/Halliburton-oil-workers-on-strike-in-
Luanda.htm.

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Burundi (May 2015)
In 2015 the people of Burundi feel the deeper edge of extreme poverty and predatory
economics.

According to the World Bank over 80 percent of the population live under the international
poverty line of $1.25US a day. It has become commonplace for government workers to go

unpaid for up to 8 months at a time.
"A Letter From Burundi to the World." HuffPost, 35:45 400AD. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/a-
letter-from-burundi-to-the-world_b_7226278.
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Cameroon (May 2017)
Doctors in Cameroon continue strike action over unpaid wages

Desk, News. "Doctors in Cameroon Continue Strike Action over Unpaid Wages."
The Global Herald (blog).
Accessed September 4, 2020. https://theglobalherald.com/news/doctors-in-cameroon-continue-
strike-action-over-unpaid-wages/.
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Cameroon (May 2017)
Employees and former employees of "Le bus" company blocked the road with two large buses

at the level of Bata Nlongkak, where the headquarters of their company is located. The striking
drivers positioned their buses and blocked traffic creating a gigantic congestion over several

kilometers.
The situation has reportedly affected the districts of Etoudi, Emana and Mballa II. Cameroon

Intelligence Report understands the workers have not been paid for eighteen (18) months.
"Yaounde: Strike Action over Unpaid Wages Paralyzed Traffic –
Cameroon Intelligence Report."
Accessed September 4, 2020. https://www.cameroonintelligencereport.com/yaounde-strike-over-
unpaid-wages-paralyzed-traffic/.

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Cameroon (May 2017)

On April 2, 2012, workers went on strike against Sitrafer, a company that does rail maintenance
for CAMRAIL. Sitrafer was managed by a Central Committee member of the ruling party CPD.
The workers had not been paid any wages for three to five months and had no social insurance