[Onthebarricades] On the Barricades - AFRICA

Mon Apr 4 04:24:02 PDT 2005

BURUNDI:  Health services hit as nurses strike
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/0d065dd75fc551c5c92c3fb9f08bdb00.htm

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=46056

NIGERIA:  Protest march over power supply inequalities

http://allafrica.com/stories/200503100882.html

SOMALIA:  Thousands protest against planned African Union invasion

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4257879.stm

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/DCBD38F5-E5DD-4CAD-9571-612CBBAB0691.htm

http://www.politinfo.com/articles/article_2005_03_6_5115.html

http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-03-06-voa23.cfm

DJIBOUTI:  Workers protest labour "reform"

http://www.afrol.com/articles/15661

CHAD:  Prime Minister resigns as civil servants strike

http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=45403&SelectRegion=West_Africa&SelectCountry=CHAD

MAURITANIA:  Opposition leaders secure release through hunger strike

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D88B4FFA-CAB2-4F94-B299-E1CF409C690E.htm

LIBERIA:  Former rebel soldiers revolt, demanding unpaid allowances

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/c077fc4f9b8a11defdbc77dd05db79ff.htm

BURKINA FASO:  Public sector workers strike

http://www.greenleft.org.au/back/2005/615/615p19f.htm

http://www.icftu.org/displaydocument.asp?Index=991221255&Language=EN

D.R. CONGO:  Month-long health strike drags on and on

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050209/hl_afp/drcongohealthsocialstrike_050209164151

CAMEROON:  Clashes with pigs as taxi drivers strike over levy collection, pay discrepancy

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502040577.html

Printers strike, call for support
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/euro-m11.shtml

Outcry stops sex worker exploitation by drug company
http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=5965

UGANDA:  Demonstrations against use of DDT

http://mparent7777.blog-city.com/read/1040573.htm

Road workers stage sit-down strike

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502070182.html

Uganda's vagina warriors

http://uganda.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/02/16/vagina_warriors.html

Rail workers strike
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503160505.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503160730.html

Rail workers hold sit-down strike
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/wkrs-m18.shtml

Admin staff at Makerere University stage sit-down strike and disrupt lectures, graduation

http://uganda.blogspirit.com/archive/2005/03/31/makerere_university_staff_strike.html

KENYA:  Protesters block roads as river dries up

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502150713.html

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502150807.html

Running battles at mall over jobs for locals
Police attack protesters who throw stones and fight police
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503160914.html
Politician forced into apology for trivialising rape

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4254343.stm

Protests over constitution - police attack with tear gas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4353949.stm

Police smash protest at Indian Embassy over AIDS drugs

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4361863.stm

Squatters begin long march to PM's home to protest evictions

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502220648.html

Hundreds protest as parliament opens, demanding a referendum on constitutional reforms

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=4264405

MOZAMBIQUE:  Coal miners on strike against unscrupulous employer - allege they are owed money
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503170248.html
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503160699.html

Coal miners demonstrate
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/wkrs-m18.shtml

ANGOLA:  Port strike begins in Luanda
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020673.html

ZAMBIA:  School students blockade road and throw stones in protest against teachers' strike

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502150851.html

Hearing-impaired students protest against school fees and for disability provision

http://allafrica.com/stories/200501250461.html

Teachers' strike continues

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502080036.html

Glass workers' wives, council workers protest

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502030199.html

Wives of glass workers march
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502240042.html
Miners' wives protest against accidents
http://allafrica.com/stories/200502240163.html
Copperbelt workers strike, demanding manager's removal
http://allafrica.com/stories/200503020516.html

COMORO ISLANDS: 2 killed in dispute over teachers' strike; police-state measures condemned

http://allafrica.com/stories/200503230707.html

NAMIBIA:  Teachers protest low pay

http://allafrica.com/stories/200503110051.html

ZIMBABWE:  Cops arrest Valentine's women protesters who stage love-themed protest in Bulawayo

More protests on Valentine's Day in Harare

http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1661814,00.html

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/IRIN/69c09031ccdf9c7e331552c79f61e05f.htm

http://www.kubatana.net/html/archive/women/050213woza.asp?sector=WOMEN

Labour protesters arrested
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/Zimbabwe/0,,2-11-1662_1678965,00.html

Zvakwana samizdat continues

http://www.zimobserver.com/newsdetail.asp?article_id=1040

Human rights activists rally

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,99843,00.html

Solidarity protests at Zambian and South African borders

http://iafrica.com/news/sa/769293.htm

MDC activists stage protest in South Africa

http://www.sabcnews.com/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,99773,00.html

Protest graffiti sprouts across Harare

http://allafrica.com/stories/200503300002.html

ZIMBABWE (report from Zvakwana)

Local vendors facing the wrath of border gezi youth
putting on police uniforms
As I was going about my own business in Fourth
Street/Selous Avenue, I came across a young vendor
selling tomatoes. He encouraged me to buy the tomatoes
he had. His eyes were very sad and he said to me:
"Mama, if you don't buy these tomatoes, one of those
young police will grab them from me and what will my
family have tonight for supper? So I asked why the
police take the products from them and he answered
that it was because they do not have permits to sell
and even if they do, municipal police also come and
take away the products! Can someone please tell me why
chihuri's guys are concentrating on harassing people
trying to earn an honest living instead of looking for
thieves who are now rampant in the streets? I was mad,
really mad with mugabe's government. There are no jobs
so the informal sector is encouraged, and when one
tries to earn an honest living, they are harassed by
those kids who still smell of pee in their pants! So I
have decided Zvakwana, to Get Up, Stand Up and fight
for the cause of the street vendor. I am also becoming
a street vendor: we are going to stand our ground.
>From now on, we will not be harassed by those
youngsters on bicycles. What do you think? Chido
waMlambo!

ZIMBABWE/SOUTH AFRICA: COSATU protests continue
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=68&art_id=qw1112192464477S162
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,100628,00.html
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/economy/labour/0,2172,100336,00.html

COSATU protests near Zimbabwe border
http://www.eastandard.net/hm_news/news.php?articleid=15217
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/africa/southern_africa/0,2172,98914,00.html

COSATU vow to blockade border in protest over exclusion from Zimbabwe

http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=2415934

http://allafrica.com/stories/200502170366.html

SOUTHERN AFRICA:  Young Communists rally for democracy in South Africa, targeting Swaziland and Zimbabwe

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=84&art_id=qw1112183823670B216

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/Politics/0,,2-7-12_1682775,00.html

SOUTH AFRICA:  Students protest over housing shortages

http://olcweb.dit.ac.za/ditonline/html/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1026

Protests over racist song about tsunami played on hip-hop station

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/ny-ethot0129,0,5324737.story

Teachers strike

http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2005/02/10/news/n24_10022005.htm

http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2005/02/08/news/n19_08022005.htm

Black staff stand up to white boss over Apartheid toilet

http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=129&fArticleId=2400901

Miners strike at Harmony gold mine
http://www.enrager.net/newswire/stories.php?story=05/03/26/6327721

http://www.finance24.com/Finance/Companies/0,6778,1518-24_1682084,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4378429.stm
Thousands protest closure of Cape factory
http://www.sabcnews.co.za/economy/business/0,2172,100642,00.html

Harmony gold mine hit by strike
http://www.finance24.com/Finance/Companies/0,,1518-24_1678613,00.html
http://www.finance24.com/Finance/Companies/0,,1518-24_1678613,00.html
Eastern Cape anti-privatisation protests planned
http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2005/03/17/news/n23_17032005.htm
Educators strike in Eastern Cape
http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2005/03/07/news/n14_07032005.htm

Victory for Cuba Heights squatters
http://sa.indymedia.org/news/2005/03/7742.php

Theme park workers strike
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2005/mar2005/euro-m25.shtml
Municipal workers' wage showdown

http://www.labournet.net/world/0503/samwu1.html

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