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[Daily Trust] Resident doctors in Nigeria have been on an indefinite strike action since Monday last week, following which, given previous experience of industrial actions in Nigeria, may not end soon. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] On the foothills of Ndikir Mountains in Laisamis, Marsabit County, societal and gender roles are being redefined. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] LAST year Aino Kalukambe from Okaku village in the Oshana region marked 30 years of service as a nurse and was looking forward to retirement and spending more time with her family in northern Namibia. (AllAfrica)

[MAP] Nouakchott -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the sector of employment and vocational integration was signed Thursday in Nouakchott between the Moroccan and Mauritanian ministries of Employment and vocational integration. (AllAfrica)

[SAnews.gov.za] The Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) has welcomed a preservation order granted by the Grahamstown High Court to freeze the bank accounts of an Eastern Cape taxi cooperation, which allegedly defrauded the Fund of millions of rands. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] It is 5pm and three women are busy hammering on heavy rocks at a quarry situated in a bushy area within Manda-Maweni village in Lamu County. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] A court has barred the Council of Governors (CoG) from interfering with engagements between the Kenya National Union of Nurses and county governments. (AllAfrica)

[GroundUp] Dozens of UIF applicants were turned away from the Department of Labour in Gqeberha because the office has had no water for about a week. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Academic staff at public universities have demanded the release of their full salaries as ordered by a court. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has hinted its plan on a fresh strike after that of the national body has been called off. (AllAfrica)

[Vanguard] The Federal Government has asked striking resident doctors to resume work, saying state governments were in charge of most of the issues they have raised. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times] The ex-governors of Lagos who are presently benefitting from the jumbo pensions include Bola Tinubu, Babatunde Fashola and Akinwumi Ambode. (AllAfrica)

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Cumulative labour income increased by 32% to 4.2 billion dinars, until the end of July 2021, according to the latest monetary and financial indicators published by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Thursday. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times] "My appeal is that they return to the negotiating table so that whatever outstanding issues can be sorted out." (AllAfrica)

[Daily Trust] The Federal Government has paid a total N9.3 billion to companies for group life insurance and death benefits for health workers, said health minister Osagie Ehanire. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] The National Treasury has directed ministries to set aside money to cover salary increases for civil servants next year even as contract workers will be absorbed as permanent employees. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] The upcoming Ikolomani Gold Refinery, expected to be launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta in Kakamega County during his anticipated visit to Western Kenya, is seen as a game changer for artisanal miners in the region who are exploited by middlemen in the torturous small-scale gold prospecting business. (AllAfrica)

[Daily Maverick] A dispute over salary increases for workers in SA's engineering and steel industry has been declared by the National Union of Metalworkers of SA. The union is now threatening strike action in the industry, which could be disastrous for an economy that took a R50-billion hit due to the recent social unrest. (AllAfrica)

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has granted the retirement of commissioners and officers of the Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS), among them senior officers. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] The Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) has paid condolences to the family of veteran journalist Conway Tutani, who died on Monday at his home in Houghton Park, Harare. (AllAfrica)

[Namibian] HILENI NEMBWAYA (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] CFI Holdings will have to fork out more than US$177 000 to compensate its former personnel manager who was improperly fired almost two decades ago, after the High Court granted an application for registration of the arbitration award. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times] Most of the hospitals visited by our reporters only operated at half capacities and the situation could begin to degenerate further, from Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

[The Herald] INVICTUS Energy, the Australian firm exploring for oil and gas in Zimbabwe, has recruited over 100 people from Muzarabani, where it is searching for the hydro-carbons, to work on its seismic survey, which will locate appropriate sites for test well drilling. (AllAfrica)

[Times of Zambia] EMPLOYERS, are you aware of this? After next week's general elections, you will forfeit the right to deduct Pay As You Earn (PAYE) from your employees if you pay their salaries late! (AllAfrica)

[Nation] Data held by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) runs the risk of being lost after it emerged that the commission does not have an offsite back-up and disaster recovery centre. (AllAfrica)

[Daily News] PROSPECTIVE retirees from public service have been advised to make good use of their retirement benefits, so that they use them for productivity to enrich themselves and the nation. (AllAfrica)

[SAnews.gov.za] The Gqeberha Labour Centre in the Eastern Cape has been temporarily closed due to a water supply stoppage in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality. (AllAfrica)

[Nation] A three-judge bench of the Employment and Labour Relations court has annulled a law that allows employers to sack employees who are on probation without following due process. (AllAfrica)

[Premium Times] The Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Enugu State University Teaching Hospital (ESUTH), Parklane, says it has taken a 10-point resolution for implementation by Enugu State Government through the teaching hospital authorities. (AllAfrica)

[New Zimbabwe] Teachers around the country who usually offer services to the Zimbabwe School Examination Council (ZIMSEC) through marking exams have been urged to avoid that this time around in the interest of the safety. (AllAfrica)