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Africa / Middle East 5th BWI Africa and the Middle East Conference unites for a sustainable future and climate justice [BWI] 25-09-2025

Africa African trade unions push for HRDD in green minerals surge [The Sun] 22-09-2025

Africa / Ghana Rising for African Fish Workers’ Dignity and Rights: First IUF Africa Seafood Workers Division Conference held in Accra, Ghana [IUF] 19-09-2025

Africa / Middle East BWI Africa and Middle East region unite for Climate Justice! [BWI] 17-09-2025

Africa Trade unions push for HRDD in green minerals surge [IndustriALL] 17-09-2025

Africa Les syndicats africains plaident pour le DDDH dans la course aux minerais verts [IndustriALL] 17-09-2025

Palestine / Africa African journalists condemn the heightened and relentless deadly attacks on journalists in Gaza [IFJ] 16-09-2025

Africa PSI Calls for Public Funding at the 75th WHO African Regional Committee Meeting [PSI] 14-09-2025

Africa / Middle East Igniting the future: BWI holds youth leadership training in Nairobi [BWI] 12-09-2025

Africa / Ethiopia Climate security moves up Africa’s agenda with journalism in front [IFJ] 12-09-2025

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African Workers Ask UAE To Reform 'Kafala System', Other Migrants Issue 2025-09-27 [AIT]

Middle East 5th BWI Africa and the Middle East Conference unites for a sustainable future and climate justice 2025-09-25 [BWI]

United Arab Emirates ITUC-Africa slams UAE over rising cases of abuse against African migrants 2025-09-24 [Nigerian Tribune]

African trade unions push for HRDD in green minerals surge 2025-09-22 [The Sun]

Mining unions forge global networks to strengthen worker protections 2025-09-19 [IndustriALL]

Ghana Rising for African Fish Workers’ Dignity and Rights: First IUF Africa Seafood Workers Division Conference held in Accra, Ghana 2025-09-19 [IUF]

Les syndicats africains plaident pour le DDDH dans la course aux minerais verts 2025-09-17 [IndustriALL]

Trade unions push for HRDD in green minerals surge 2025-09-17 [IndustriALL]

Middle East BWI Africa and Middle East region unite for Climate Justice! 2025-09-17 [BWI]

BWI and KfW strengthen partnership to advance labour rights and occupational health and safety 2025-09-17 [BWI]

From Lusaka, Grand-Bassam to Accra: How trade unions’ rally for Africa’s debt cancellation gains momentum 2025-09-17 [Nigerian Tribune]

Africa Passport fee hike: ITUC-Africa scribe Odigie urges Tinubu for reversal, seamless visa regime 2025-09-17 [Nigerian Tribune]

Africa African journalists condemn the heightened and relentless deadly attacks on journalists in Gaza 2025-09-16 [IFJ]

Ghana OATUU Delegation Pays Courtesy Call on Ghanaian President John Mahama 2025-09-14 [OATUU]

PSI Calls for Public Funding at the 75th WHO African Regional Committee Meeting 2025-09-14 [PSI]

Ethiopia Climate security moves up Africa’s agenda with journalism in front 2025-09-12 [IFJ]

Middle East Igniting the future: BWI holds youth leadership training in Nairobi 2025-09-12 [BWI]

Governments urged to ratify ILO Convention 188 to ensure safety of fishers 2025-09-11 [GBN]

Middle East Women trade unionists mark a new chapter for empowerment 2025-09-10 [BWI]

Africa Dangote, NUPENG face-off: ITUC-Africa warns of Africa-wide mobilisation over anti-union practices 2025-09-09 [Vanguard]

Ethiopia IFJ and FAJ put climate security and just transition in the spotlight at African Climate Summit 2025-09-08 [IFJ]

OATUU Concludes 46th General Council with Renewed Commitment to Solidarity and Pan-African Values 2025-09-01 [OATUU]

African trade unions demand continental credit rating agency 2025-09-01 [NewGhana]

ITUC-Africa Calls for People-Centred AfCFTA Implementation 2025-09-01 [VoN]

Ghana Ato Forson backs calls for fair deal on Africa's $1.3 trillion debt 2025-08-31 [GhanaWeb]

Africa's creditors must cancel the continent's debts – ITUC-Africa 2025-08-30 [GhanaWeb]

Africa SADTU is ready to host 2025 SATO Solidarity Games 2025-08-28 [SADTU]

Climate talks: Why African workers want labour rights priority 2025-08-28 [Daily Nation]

Ghana ITUC-Africa leads rally for debt cancellation in Accra 2025-08-27 [The Guardian]

Ghana Debts crippling industries, exacerbating inequalities, job losses – African workers 2025-08-26 [Nigerian Trbune]

Ghana African workers to hold debt cancellation, trade rally in Ghana, August 29 2025-08-25 [The Blueprint]

Ghana Debt Cancellation: African Trade Unions Hold Rally in Ghana 2025-08-24 [VoN]

Tanzania Majaliwa: Workers must shape, not fear, future of work 2025-08-23 [The Citizen]

Africa SA union calls for united African stance on critical minerals ahead of Johannesburg summit 2025-08-23 [SABC]

Southern Africa: textile workers call for a Just Transition that safeguards jobs 2025-08-21 [IndustriALL]

Sub-Saharan Africa youth demand a voice in shaping the future of work 2025-08-14 [IndustriALL]

Trade unions kick against heaping cost of climate crisis on African governments 2025-08-13 [Nigerian Tribune]

Militarised neoliberalism is killing labour in Africa 2025-08-11 [GLC]

Africa needs structural transformation to solve energy crisis – ITUC-Africa 2025-08-07 [Blueprint]

JOB Education International invites applications for the post of Regional Coordinator - Full-time, based in EI Africa Regional Office in Accra, Ghana 2025-08-05 [Education International]

Africa African Trade Unions Demand Release of Detained Activists 2025-07-31 [VON]

Africa COSATU, FEDUSA, NACTU, SAFTU and ITUC-Africa statement on trade, workers’ rights and the future of AfCFTA 2025-07-29 [COSATU]

Africa COSATU President Zingiswa Losi speech at Union Workshop on AfCFTA 2025-07-28 [COSATU]

USA “This Changed My World”: How U.S.-Funded Labor Programs Built a New Generation of Democratic Union Leaders in West Africa—and What We Stand to Lose 2025-07-16 [Solidarity Center]

Africa African Trade Unions Hail Kenya Visa-Free Policy 2025-07-16 [AIL Live]

Sub-Saharan African unions launch online worker-education platform 2025-07-10 [IndustriALL]

Southern African unions build united front against informal labour 2025-07-07 [BWI]

ITUC-AFRICA urges ratification of ILO Convention 190 globally 2025-07-05 [The Nation]

Africa ILO, FAJ champion rights-based journalism on reporting fair recruitment and forced labour in the ECOWAS region 2025-07-02 [IFJ]

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