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Senegalese union SAMES announces 48-hour medical strike

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Senegal’s Autonomous Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and Dental Surgeons (SAMES) has announced a nationwide 48-hour strike on 16 and 17 September 2026. Emergency services will be maintained. The action was decided at an extraordinary union session on 10 September, according to its statement.

The Autonomous Union of Doctors, Pharmacists and Dental Surgeons of Senegal (SAMES) has announced a 48-hour medical strike on Wednesday 16 and Thursday 17 September 2026, with emergency services maintained in the country’s health facilities, according to a statement issued by the union after its extraordinary session on 10 September.

SAMES says the mobilisation on 8 and 9 September was “massive, disciplined and exemplary”. It denounces the “culpable silence of the State of Senegal” and says that no verifiable commitment or serious dialogue has been undertaken to address its demands, according to the same statement.

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