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Health unions suspend indefinite strike in Congo-Brazzaville

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The Fenasas/Fesytrasas federal inter-union coalition suspended its indefinite general strike in Congo-Brazzaville after two months of salaries were paid and talks with the government resumed. Hospital and health facility staff are due to return to work on 15 October, according to a statement read by Benjamin Londé and reported by the Congolese Information Agency.

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