Chad Deploys Police as Protests Against Austerity Measures Loom
- Labor unions threaten general strike if wages are reduced
- Government tries to comply with wage ceiling under IMF bailout
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Security forces deployed in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, after labor unions and civil-society groups called for protests against austerity measures announced by the government as it grapples to pay off its debt amid an oil slump.
Schools remained closed on Thursday and internet services were unavailable in the central African nation. Labor unions will begin an immediate general strike if wages of civil servants, including teachers, are reduced, according to a joint statement late Wednesday from the association of labor unions UST and the teachers union, Synecs. Civil-society organizations said they planned to march Thursday.