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(ERGO) – Aweys Maye Mohamed, a hands-on craftsman and the patriarch of a family of four in the heart of Mogadishu, has found it nearly impossible to scrounge up even a single meal each day since he hit the unemployment wall in July. His fate mirrors the plight of countless skilled tradesmen now out of work as the scramble for Somali scrap metal has turned it into a prized commodity for export, fetching a price tag beyond the reach of neighborhood metal shops. "Losing my job shook the very foundation of our household,"…

In Chad, unemployed academics demonstrate every week, mainly in Ndjamena, before being dispersed by the police. All claim that they have been integrated into the public service that some have been waiting for more than ten years. According to the unions, the Chadian government is the main employer with almost 85,000 jobs. If…