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Tunisia’s main trade union confederation on Thursday intensified pressure on a President already facing a string of crises as the country went to a standstill.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that in the North Flights were cancelled, public transport brought to a halt, and government offices were closed in a nationwide strike.

The powerful UGTT confederation had brought up to three million public sector workers to strike, halting work at 159 state agencies and public companies which were aimed at demanding concessions on salaries and threatened reforms.

The action appeared to be widely observed in the capital Tunis, where …