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African workers excited as Congo announces visa-free entry

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/ Africa African workers excited as Congo announces visa-free entry [Vanguard] 31-05-2026


‘600m Africans in darkness’: Workers reject AfDB, World Bank electricity plan [The Vanguard] 29-05-2026


/ Africa NUM condemns attacks on fellow African migrants [NUM] 28-05-2026


/ South Africa COSATU statement on Africa day [COSATU] 26-05-2026


/ Nigeria $1.6bn lost daily as Africans suffer water, power poverty, Labour fumes [Vanguard] 26-05-2026



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ITUC-Africa, PSI, IndustriALL reject AfDB’s Mission 300 electricity project 2026-06-03 [Nigerian Tribune]

ITUC seeks freer movement in Africa, decries xenophobic attacks 2026-06-03 [The Guardian]

Africa Holding Chinese MNCs accountable across the value chain 2026-06-03 [BWI]

Africa African workers excited as Congo announces visa-free entry 2026-05-31 [Vanguard]

Africa Delivering the Digital Economy: African Migrant Workers in the United Arab Emirates E-Commerce and Delivery Sectors 2026-05-30 [Equidem]

PSI calls for public energy and rejects Mission 300’s focus on private sector energy 2026-05-30 [PSI]

‘600m Africans in darkness’: Workers reject AfDB, World Bank electricity plan 2026-05-29 [The Vanguard]

Africa NUM condemns attacks on fellow African migrants 2026-05-28 [NUM]

Nigeria $1.6bn lost daily as Africans suffer water, power poverty, Labour fumes 2026-05-26 [Vanguard]

South Africa COSATU statement on Africa day 2026-05-26 [COSATU]

African journalists call for stronger press Freedom protection on Africa Day 2026-05-25 [IFJ]

ITUC blames inequality, failed governance for labour migration crisis 2026-05-21 [The Guardian]

Africa ITUC concerned by escalating anti-migrant campaign 2026-05-21 [ITUC]

We are paying for wars we didn’t start, Labour decries fuel crisis 2026-05-20 [Vanguard]

Union seeks Africa’s reindustrialisation for job creation 2026-05-14 [The Guardian]

Middle East MENA youth take their seat at the table 2026-05-14 [IndustriALL]

Africa’s stolen billions, broken systems pushing youth to risk death abroad – Labour 2026-05-10 [Vanguard]

African trade unions seek a seat at the climate table 2026-05-08 [IndustriALL]

Carbon Offset Projects in Africa Depend on Workers—Yet Exclude Them from Decent Work For more info 2026-05-06 [Solidarity Center]

ITUC advances industrialisation agenda, demands end to inequality 2026-05-06 [The Guardian]

OATUU Marks May Day 2026 with Renewed Call for Workers’ Rights and African Sovereignty 2026-05-02 [OATUU]

May Day: African workers decry rising inequality, “vanishing billions” and elite control 2026-05-02 [Vanguard]

Africa Inequality fueling unrest in Nigeria, across Africa, Labour warns 2026-04-30 [The Vanguard]

Governments that ignore workers will fail —African labour leaders 2026-04-23 [Tribune Online]

Palestine ITUC-Africa seeks dialogue to end Palestine, Middle East conflicts 2026-04-21 [The Guardian]

Africa Stop blaming immigrants for government failures, Johannesburg marchers say 2026-04-21 [GroundUp]

Kenya Meta-driven layoffs in Kenya expose fragility of Africa’s outsourcing model 2026-04-20 [Ecofin Agency]

Why FIFPRO Africa and African Leagues memorandum of understanding is a key step forward for African football 2026-04-19 [FIFPRO]

Middle East Middle East crisis deepening suffering, worsening Africa’s economy — Labour 2026-04-18 [ITUC]

Labour backs Pope’s Africa visit, urges action on injustice, corruption, poverty 2026-04-16 [Vanguard]

Labour backs Pope’s Africa visit, urges action on injustice, corruption, poverty 2026-04-16 [Vanguard]

Decolonising education in Africa: The role of education unions 2026-04-12 [EI]

ITUC-Africa rallies continent for stronger voice on jobs, regulation at global labour talks 2026-04-09 [The Vanguard]

Belarus The African Regional Organisation of the ITUC speaks out in defence of Belarusian trade unionists 2026-04-07 [salidarnast.info]

ITUC-Africa rallies continent for stronger voice on jobs, regulation at global labour talks 2026-04-03 [Vanguard]

A Partnership in Action : The OATUU Secretary-General meets with ILO-ACTRAV Director 2026-04-02 [OATUU]

Yaoundé’s thin harvest: WTO ministers meeting delivers little gains for Africa 2026-04-02 [IndustriALL]

UK Outrage as African workers condemn UK stance on slavery reparations 2026-04-01 [Vanguard]

UK ITUC-Africa slams Kemi Badenoch over UK stance on slave trade reparations 2026-03-31 [Nigerian Tribune]

Africa ITUC-Africa urges Nigeria to remove visa fees for Africans 2026-03-28 [People's Gazette]

Ghana ITUC and ITUC-AFRICA commend Ghana’s leadership on UN resolution on transatlantic slavery and calls for African unity in the AU year of reparations 2026-03-28 [ITUC]

Lamentation won’t fix Africa’s workers’ crisis, ITUC-Africa tells trade unions 2026-03-26 [Nigerian Tribune]

Welfare of workers: ITUC-Africa urges trade unions to champion solution-driven engagements with govts 2026-03-26 [The Nation]

Global trade unions hail inclusion of Decent Work agenda in CSW70 Agreed Conclusions 2026-03-25 [Nigerian Tribune]

Global disorder threatens African jobs, ITUC-Africa raises alarm 2026-03-25 [New Telegraph]

Onomo Hotels: IUF and Batipart Invest reach OECD mediation agreement 2026-03-24 [IUF]

Africa African parties and organizations back Cuba against the blockade 2026-03-21 [Radio Rebelde]

Africa Cease and desist: Saudi Arabia wants a repeat of the Qatar World Cup – little or no accountability over the treatment of migrant workers 2026-03-20 [Josimar]

Middle East From policy to power: BWI Africa and Middle East unions lead charge vs. gender-based abuse 2026-03-20 [BWI]

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