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Barricades of burning tires set up by demonstrators block some of the major road in Burkina Faso's capital, after other protesters angry over the government's handling of the jihadist threat set fire to the headquarters of the ruling party. In a weekend fraught with tension, soldiers staged mutinies at several barracks to demand the sacking of the country's military top brass and allocation of more resources to a seven-year battle against Islamist insurgents. IMAGES
Tunis, Feb 19 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Mohamed Messara).- Employees of the Tunisian national airline Tunisair protested at the company's headquarters on Friday after the company's accounts were frozen by an airport operator.FOOTAGE OF THE PROTEST.
"We were outraged to learn of an IDF (Israel Defense Forces, ed) strike that killed a number of civilian humanitarian workers yesterday from the World Central Kitchen," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters during a briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
Public sector workers in Northern Ireland rally in Belfast as tens of thousands of employees go on mass strike, with no end in sight to a protracted political crisis that has left the UK province without a devolved government for almost two years. IMAGES
Images of a picket line outside St Thomas’ Hospital in central London as hospital doctors in England begin their longest consecutive strike in the seven-decade history of Britain's National Health Service (NHS). Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- started a six-day walkout, in a major escalation of their long-running pay dispute with the UK government. IMAGES