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THE African regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) marked today’s World Day Against Child Labour by calling on the world to protect the rights and dignity of every child.
The annual International Labour Organisation day, first introduced in 2002, this year is themed as “Let’s act on our commitments: End Child Labour!”
In a statement, ITUC-Africa said that the continent “has the world’s highest incidence rates of child labour.”
As the world marks International Women’s Day, African women warn that wars, mineral grabs and militarism are drowning out promises of peace. Human rights defender MARIE-CLAIRE FARAY explains
The West’s dangerous pesticide dumping in Africa is threatening biodiversity, population health and food sovereignty, argues ROGER McKENZIE
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
It is only trade union power at work that will materially improve the lot of working people as a class but without sector-wide collective bargaining and a right to take sympathetic strike action, we are hamstrung in the fight to tilt back the balance of power, argues ADRIAN WEIR