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		</div><p>The BBC’s staff in Cairo have gone on a three-day strike to demand equal pay with other colleagues in the Middle East as Egypt’s economic crisis deepens further.</p>
<p>According to Khaled el-Balshy, the strikers’ spokesperson and head of Egypt’s journalism union, the 75 staff members from the broadcaster’s Cairo bureau are demanding to be paid in dollars – like other BBC employees in the region, including in Beirut and Istanbul.</p>
<p>The walkout is to end on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Over the past year, the Egyptian pound has lost more than 50% of its value against the dollar, with annual inflation reaching 36.8 per cent in June, up from 33.7 per cent recorded in May.</p>
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Egypt is a top wheat importer from Russia and Ukraine.</p>
<p>Mr El-Balshy posted on Facebook that the BBC staff in Egypt consider the disparity in pay as a form of “systematic discrimination”.</p>
<p>They had earlier asked for their salaries to be re-evaluated in light of the Egyptian pound’s depreciation but this request was first ignored before “meagre increases” were eventually offered.</p>
<p>The BBC said the broadcaster was aware of Egypt’s economic situation and has been planning “increasing salaries by 27% between March and July this year to mitigate the levels of high inflation in the country”.</p>
<p>The statement did not elaborate.</p>
<p>Mr El-Balshy told The Associated Press the strikers may consider legal action and extending the walkout if their demands are not met.</p>
<p>Last month, the BBC Cairo staff held a one-day strike over unequal pay.</p>
<p>BBC staff declined to comment on the walkout and referred media questions to Mr El-Balshy, who was to hold a news conference on the industrial action on Wednesday.</p>
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