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Obstacles to progress


                                                                                                   Realities

                  Kenya (August 2020)
                  Homa Bay: Health Workers Go on Strike over Unpaid 3-Month Wages
                                              "Homa Bay: Health Workers Go on Strike over Unpaid 3-Month Wages."
                                                                                  Accessed September 4, 2020.
                                         https://www.tuko.co.ke/371897-homa-bay-health-workers-strike-unpaid-3-
                                                                                          month-salaries.html.
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                  Kenya (August 2020)
                    Health Workers in Kisumu down Tools over Unpaid Salaries

                                       "Health Workers in Kisumu down Tools over Unpaid Salaries - Citizentv.Co.Ke."
                                                                                  Accessed September 4, 2020.
                    https://citizentv.co.ke/news/health-workers-in-kisumu-down-tools-over-unpaid-salaries-342579/.

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                  Liberia (December 2019)
                  Civil servants walked out across Liberia on Monday demanding months of unpaid wages.
                  Workers in Liberia say they cannot afford to travel to work.

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                  Following the action, the government agreed to pay two months of the five months' arrears.

                                                     https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/20/wkrs-d20.html
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                  Liberia (July 2020)
                  Liberia: Judicial Staffers to Protest for Unpaid Salaries

                                allAfrica.com. "Liberia: Judicial Staffers to Protest for Unpaid Salaries," July 31, 2020.
                                                             https://allafrica.com/stories/202007310260.html.

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                  Mozambique (December 2017)
                  Teachers in various parts of the Tete education system have been on strike for about two
                  weeks over unpaid salaries and overtime for the years 2016 and 2017

                                         Mozambique. "Mozambique: Teachers in Tete on Strike over Unpaid Wages."
                Accessed September 4, 2020. https://clubofmozambique.com/news/mozambique-teachers-in-tete-on-
                                                                                    strike-over-unpaid-wages/.

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                  Namibia (May 2020)
                  The employees claim they have not seen a cent for March and April's work.
                    Marketing, Intouch Interactive. "Unpaid Sikondo Workers down Tools - Local News - Namibian Sun."
                                                                                  Accessed September 4, 2020.
                               https://www.namibiansun.com/news/unpaid-sikondo-workers-down-tools2020-05-04.
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                  Namibia (June 2020)
                  The guards claim they have not been paid for three months.
                  Cloete, Luqman. "Namibia: Hospital Guards Strike Over Unpaid Wages." allAfrica.com, June 10, 2020.
                                                                https://allafrica.com/stories/202006100156.html.
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