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Labor peace on the often restive docks was ensured by unsavory—and, of course, unpublicized—cooperation between the military and Mafia-controlled waterfront gangs.

The military has been heavily involved, a measure made possible by the PSN designation, causing tension in the restive region.

In the two restive Anglophone regions, where separatists attempted to bar residents from voting, some did turn out at the polling stations.

Jihadists linked to the Islamic State attacked an army base in Nigeria's restive north with grenades and drones killing seven soldiers, and littered a key highway with explosives, military sources told AFP Saturday.

The Conservatives’ customary rival, the Labour Party, is grinding through a crisis of its own as Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces restive backbenchers and a dissolving electoral base.