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Morocco’s labor unions reject strike law

A strike law that the government managed to pass in the Parliament’s two chambers has been rejected by the main labor union, who called for a nation-wide strike and protests. In addition to the law, the unions decry the impact of inflation, low wages and what they describe as deteriorating conditions of the working class. […]

Arab Spring and Burma Transitions: Different Societies but Same Hopes and Aspirations

The transitions away from authoritarian rule in North Africa and Burma (also known as Myanmar) have often been compared to one another, highlighting major challenges but also reasons for hope. When Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and leader of Burmese opposition, addressed the Clinton Global Initiative Conference in New York in 2011, […]

2022 Youth Olympic Games in Senegal postponed to 2026

The next Youth Olympic Games (YOG), a sporting event for athletes aged 15 to 18, will take place in 2026 rather than 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Senegal have announced. The IOC cited the postponement of the Tokyo Games to 2021 and “the operational and financial consequences of the global health crisis” as […]