It is with profound sadness that I share the news of the passing of Comrade Andrew Mtagwaba Kailembo, former General Secretary of ICFTU-AFRO (African Regional Organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions). He passed away on 6 March 2026 in his hometown of Bokoba, Tanzania.

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, extends its deepest condolences and unwavering solidarity to the workers, communities, and people of Canada (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) extends its deepest condolences to the people and Government of the Republic of Ghana, and in particular, to our affiliates, the Ghana Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Ghana Federation of Labour (…)

The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa www.ituc-africa.org) joins our Namibian affiliates, workers, people of Namibia, and the rest of the world to mourn the passing of President Hage Geingob. We express our profound condolences for the (…)

ITUC-Africa has learnt with deep shock about the heinous massacre of the Catholic faithful that took place on Sunday, 5th of June 2022, at Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo, in Ondo State, Nigeria. The killing of scores of innocent people with numerous others sustaining injuries is barbaric, (…)

We salute the memory of Comrade Demba’s enormous contribution to the trade union movement of Mali and of Africa spanning several decades. A great tree of the African trade union movement has indeed fallen.