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24 February SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO’S MUNICH EMPIRE SPEECH AND ITS THREATS TO AFRICA’S SOVEREIGNTY, DIGNITY, AND FUTURE: A CLARION CALL TO AFRICA AND AFRICANS TO UNITE AND DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST THIS RENEWED ONSLAUGHT

Comrades, brothers and sisters of Africa, We write to you as workers speaking to workers — plainly, honestly, and with responsibility. This is not a message of fear or conspiracy, but of awareness. History teaches us that when African workers are informed, organised, and united, the continent (…)

14 February End the Embargo Against Cuba: African Workers Stand in Solidarity with the People and Workers of Cuba

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-AFRICA, www.ituc-africa.org), representing over 18 million working men and women across Africa, expresses firm solidarity with the people and workers of Cuba. We stand with them in the face of hardship and (…)

12 February AFRICAN WORKERS SUPPORT THE CALL BY NIGERIA’S ORGANISED LABOUR FOR GENUINE ELECTORAL REFORM: THE NIGERIAN SENATE MUST ACT IN THE PEOPLE’S INTEREST.

The Africa Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa, www.ituc-africa.org ) stands in firm solidarity with the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the working people of Nigeria in defence of electoral integrity, democratic accountability, and people-centred (…)

6 February THE RUBAYA MINE DISASTER IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: ONE DISASTER TOO MANY AND A CALL FOR BETTER MINING PRACTICES

The African regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (www.ituc-africa.org) expresses its profound grief following the catastrophic mine collapse at Rubaya, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), on 28 January 2026, which has claimed over 400 lives.

6 February FLOOD DISASTER IN MOROCCO: AFRICAN WORKERS STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE, WORKERS, and GOVERNMENT

The African regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (www.ituc-africa.org) extends its deepest solidarity to the people of Morocco, our brother and sister workers, and the trade union movement during this time of devastating floods.

30 January Beyond a Civil War in Sudan – A Proxy Insurgency Against People, Workers, and Communities, and African workers’ call for enduring justice for the people of Sudan

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) issues this statement following a high-level solidarity mission to Port Sudan from 12–16 January 2026, undertaken pursuant to a resolution adopted at the ITUC-Africa Peace and (…)

3 February ITUC-Africa Statement in Solidarity with TUCA and the Trade Union Movement in Panama

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) expresses its full solidarity with the Trade Union Confederation of the Americas (TUCA) following the arbitrary detention and expulsion of Comrade Marcelo Di Stefano, TUCA’s Secretary for Trade Union (…)

30 January NLC - TUC JOINT PRESS STATEMENT : DEFEND YOUR RIGHTS WITH COURAGE AND DIGNITY: WE ARE WITH YOU

Today, we (NLC and TUC) find it necessary to issue a joint statement of support in solidarity with the workers of Federal Capital Territory who have been shabbily treated by the Minister of FCT, Mr Wike and rubber-stamped by an Abuja National Industrial Court in a one-sided ruling intended to (…)

5 January ITUC-Africa Statement of Solidarity with the Workers and People of Venezuela

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa, www.ituc-africa.org) expresses its full solidarity with the workers and people of Venezuela. ITUC-Africa aligns itself with the Joint Statement issued on 3 January 2026 by the International Trade Union (…)

29 December 2025 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyanhu’s recognition of Somaliland is an irritating and condemnable diplomatic aggression

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa, www.ituc-africa.org ), representing over 18 million workers across the African continent, unequivocally supports the position of the African Union Commission reaffirming the unity, sovereignty, and (…)

10 December 2025 ITUC-AFRICA STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN BENIN

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation(www.ituc-africa.org) has followed with deep concern the events that occurred on Sunday, December 7, 2025, in the Republic of Benin, marked by an attempted military coup aimed at overthrowing the constitutional order (…)

10 December 2025 Fix Our Everyday Essentials: African Workers’ Statement on Human Rights Day 2025

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa, www.ituc-africa.org ), representing over 18 million workers across the continent, marks Human Rights Day 2025 and the 77th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR) at a moment (…)
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THANK YOU NOTE: 5th ITUC-Africa Delegates Congress Successful participation

The curtains fell on Thursday, November 30, 2023, on the 5th Ordinary Delegates Congress of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) that took place at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya, with the theme “Amka Afrika!”- a “clarion call for reawakening in Africa”.

19 December 2023
Congress 2023 Statements Human and trade union rights Organising And Workers Empowerment - Trade Union Unity

AU Human Rights Commission urged “To rein in impunity and crimes committed against journalists”

25 October 2011
Statements Human and trade union rights

DECLARATION OF ITUC-Africa ON THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE NEW SECRETARY GENERAL OF CNTG - GUINEA

14 October 2011
Statements Human and trade union rights Guinea

Call for fully-fledged human and trade union rights in Swaziland

Renewed call for fully-fledged human and trade union rights in Swaziland on the Occasion of the Celebration of the Kingdom’s Independence: An Urgent Call on South Africa to act decisively on the side of the Swazi People and Democracy

5 September 2011
Statements Eswatini Democracy Human and trade union rights Eswatini
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