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Obstacles to progress

Realities

DRC (June 2014)
The workers haven't been paid in three months. They had threatened to call a strike. Now they
have run out of patience,"

"Workers at Congo's Gecamines State Miner Strike over Unpaid Wages."
Accessed September 4, 2020.
https://news.yahoo.com/workers-congos-gecamines-state-miner-strike-over-unpaid-132809554.html.
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DRC (July 2020)
In Goma city, North Kivu province, around twenty teachers were detained by police officials during

demonstrations over unpaid wages.*
Source: Actualité
ReliefWeb. "Education in Danger Monthly News Brief, May 2020 - World."
Accessed September 4, 2020. https://reliefweb.int/report/world/education-danger-monthly-news-brief-
may-2020.
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DRC (August 2020)
Health workers responding to an Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo have gone
on strike over unpaid wages, hurting the impoverished country's ability to identify and treat

patients, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
Mahamba, Fiston. "Congo Ebola Responders Strike over Unpaid Salaries." Reuters, August 17,
2020. https://in.reuters.com/article/health-ebola-congo-idINKCN25D1RM.
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Ghana (November 2018)
NIA Workers on Sit-down Strike over Unpaid Salaries
Pulse Gh. "NIA Workers on Sit-down Strike over Unpaid Salaries," 06:18 100AD.
https://www.pulse.com.gh/news/local/nia-workers-on-sit-down-strike-over-unpaid-salaries/
6j0q2l5.
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Ghana (December 2018)
NaBCo Trainees to Demonstrate on Tuesday over Unpaid Allowances
"NaBCo Trainees to Demonstrate on Tuesday over Unpaid Allowances,"
ABC News Ghana. August 5, 2019.
https://www.abcnewsgh.com/nabco-trainees-to-demonstrate-on-tuesday-over-unpaid-
allowances/.
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Ghana (January 2020)
The Technical University Senior Administrators Association of Ghana (TUSAAG) has declared

an indefinite strike effective January 8, 2020 over unpaid allowances
"TUSAAG Declares Indefinite Strike over Unpaid Allowances - Ghanamma.Com."
Accessed September 4, 2020.
https://www.ghanamma.com/2020/01/08/tusaag-declares-indefinite-strike-over-unpaid-
allowances/.
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