Your Eminence, It is with a deeply heavy heart and in a spirit of global mourning that the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) conveys our profound condolences to the Holy See, the Catholic Church, and all people of goodwill on the passing (…)

ITUC-Africa s saddened to learn about the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. We extend our condolences to Mam Leah Tutu, the Tutu family, the board and staff of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation, the government, workers and people of South Africa, the Elders and Nobel Laureate Group (…)

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.

The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has learnt with great sadness on the passing on of former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, Président of the opposition MDC-T and former Secretary-General of the ZCTU, Dr. Morgan Richard Tsvangirai on 14 February 2018.

Dear Comrades, ITUC-Africa grieves about the passing away on Saturday, April 1 of its Women’s Committee President, Marieme Ba Konate who was also General Secretary of the Democratic Union of Senegal Workers (UDTS).

An activist fell with weapons in hand; our friend, comrade and sister Aissatou Ndeye Niang passed away on Tuesday, June 7, 2016 during her stay in Geneva in the course of the 105th International Labour Conference. TRIBUTE in PDF Tireless advocate of any just cause including the (…)