Given the enormity of the catastrophe that could befall Africa should the continent experience a full-scale outbreak of the epidemic, we deem it necessary to address the African Union on a number of urgent issues....
The anti-government protest in Cuba and the pro-government counter rallies across the cities of Cuba have been the subject of international media frenzy and social discourse for the past few weeks. These rare protests and counter protest in Cuba are linked to the impact of the novel corona (...)
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) welcomes the early replenishment of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA), the World Bank’s low-income country arm. The Covid-19 pandemic has sapped the resources of countries (...)
The COVID-19 pandemic has served as a significant wake-up call alerting the global community to the urgency of accelerating progress in building effective and inclusive social protection systems.
Social protection measures are an indispensable part of any coordinated policy response, (...)
The ITUC welcomes the far-reaching and essential recommendations of the Independent Panel on Pandemic Preparedness and Response (IPPPR), chaired by Helen Clark and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Immediate and longer-term action is needed by revitalised multilateral institutions.
It was with huge shock that we read the statement credited to the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed, who said that the Federal Government was working to reduce the high cost of governance by cutting down on the salaries of Nigerian workers. The Minister was reported to have said this in (...)