Togolese go on strike over 'coup'
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Parts of Togo's capital, Lome, are empty after an opposition strike call over the "military coup" earlier this month.
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Hundreds of U.N. peacekeeping troops stormed into a seaside slum loyal to ousted President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Tuesday to try to control areas that have become flashpoints of violence. At least three people were wounded in the ensuing clashes.
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At least 60 people were injured in  clashes between police and opposition activists during a  nationwide strike on Saturday, the fifth in two weeks.
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ABUJA - Nigeria was braced for a nationwide general strike on Monday in protest against rising fuel prices as trade unions launched their latest challenge to President Olusegun Obasanjo and his economic reforms.
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Protesters take to the streets in several Guinea towns angry at the president's declaration of martial law.
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Togo swiftly changed its constitution on  Sunday, reacting to worldwide condemnation, to put a legal  stamp on the army's appointment of the late President  Gnassingbe Eyadema's son to succeed him.
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A general strike in Africa&#39;s top oil  producer began on Wednesday after unions rejected government  concessions on fuel prices as too little too late.
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A nationwide strike went on Monday in Nigeria to protest against rising fuel prices, bringing much ofAfrica&#39;s top oil producer to a near standstill.
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Thousands gather to march in South African cities as trade unions hold a general strike aimed at a "total shutdown".
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Opposition parties in the Nepalese capital call a general strike over a petrol price rises.
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Thousands of civil servants marched in cities across South Africa Thursday in a one-day strike over wages seen as a test of will between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and its labor allies.
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The late president's son in Togo is sworn in amid international concern at what some say was a "coup".
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West African leaders refuse to recognise Togo's new leadership and threaten to impose sanctions.
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Thousands of teachers and other public service workers stage a one-day strike in France.
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Mauritania accuses Burkina Faso and Libya of backing an alleged coup plot by a  group of army officers.
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Nigerian oil workers' unions are to stage a brief strike protest at the lack of security in the Niger Delta.
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Nigeria's main umbrella union said Sunday  it would go ahead with a general strike in Africa's top oil  producer Monday to protest against rising domestic fuel prices.