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For the past 10 days, Farah Salka and her team of staff and volunteers at a Lebanese anti-racism organisation have answered thousands of desperate messages from women who have nowhere to hide from the bombs. Before the start of the Israeli airstrikes, Salka’s job as head of Lebanon’s Anti-Racism Movement (Arm) involved advocating and campaigning for the rights of Lebanon’s 400,000 migrant workers. Now, she and her team have become frontline humanitarian workers, struggling to find shelter and protection for overseas…

She’d been busting her hump with laundry, cleaning, and cooking, earning a humble $6-10 daily, just enough to keep her family afloat. After five long years, her gig was pulled from under her feet by her employers, citing financial strain. “We now lean on our neighbors’ generosity for food. When nothing turns up, we go to bed hungry,” Najmo explained. “We’ve got zilch. All we can do is pray to the Almighty for relief,” she sighed. She's drowning under $400 in back rent and facing eviction. Previous oustings from other homes…

On Friday in Berlin, German and Kenyan officials inked a pact designed to attract skilled workers to Germany and streamline the repatriation process for Kenyans who aren’t eligible to stay in the country.This deal came to fruition during Kenyan President William Ruto's visit to Germany, where he had discussions with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.Reflecting on the significance of the agreement, Scholz commented, "This is a pivotal step that symbolizes Germany and Kenya's partnership in migration matters." "It aids us in…

REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File Photo Purchase Licensing Rights March 24, 2020, saw a plane touch down at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Kenya. OPEN QUOTE The largest aviation workers' union in Kenya has scheduled a strike for Wednesday, voicing opposition to a proposed deal. This arrangement, with India's Adani Group (ADEL.NS), opens new tab, would lease the primary airport for three decades. The deal includes expanding the facilities. This info was shared by a union representative on Tuesday. WHY IT MATTERS…

Al-Shabaab kills building employees in Kenya NAIROBI, Kenya- Al-Shabaab militants have once more structured within the republic of Kenya amid the continuing crackdown within the East African nation, focusing on the al-Qaeda-linked group which controls giant rural swaths of central and southern Somalia. Al-Shabaab fighters killed 4 building employees and injured two in an assault in Lamu, Kenya…

MOGADISHU, Somalia: The United Nations on Thursday called on all parties in Somalia to protect humanitarian workers who provide life-saving aid to vulnerable people in the country. Adam Abdelmoula, United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Aid Coordinator for Somalia, said there had been 146 incidents involving humanitarian operations in Somalia since early 2021 and that one humanitarian worker killed in the first seven months of 2021, and more five wounded, one kidnapped, and three arrested or detained.…

US requires investigation into killing of assist employees in Ethiopia's Tigray area WASHINGTON, United States - The USA has referred to as for an investigation into the homicide of three Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) employees in Ethiopia's troubled Tigray area, in keeping with a press release launched by the State Division on Friday. “The assaults on assist employees are indefensible and…

The government and the trade unions have reached an agreement on one of the requirements in the paragraphs, the one that is considered to be the most important, namely the payment of the risk premium to all agents in the health sector who do not have one. . as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda MuzembeAccording to the…

There are greater than 7,000 employees in Burkinabè, laid off after the privatization and liquidation of their firms after the implementation of the structural adjustment program beneath the federal government of former President Blaise Compaoré. They're nonetheless preventing to regain their rights. Some had been obtained this Friday, Could 14, in Ouagadougou by the Minister of Nationwide…

Weak hopeful negotiations between the federal government and the Nationwide Union of Staff of Mali (UNTM). The 96-hour strike by the nation's largest union middle will subsequently happen from Monday 17 Could. It might then be a limiteless strike, say the union members, who particularly demand harmonization of bonuses and the wage scale for all staff within the nation.…