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Tunisians protest government’s refusal to increase wages

People stand outside a closed court during a nationwide strike in Tunis, Tunisia November 22, 2018.

About 650,000 Tunisians went on strike on Thursday to protest the government’s refusal to raise wages amid threats from international lenders to stop financing Tunisia’s tattered economy.

Schools, universities, municipalities and ministries were shut and hospitals were on emergency staffing only in the nationwide walkout organised by the UGTT union, the biggest strike action in Tunisia in five years.

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