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The ITF’s African membership now embraces all the regions of the continent with all the main language groups, i.e. English, French, Arabic and Portuguese speaking. Priority has been given within the region to organise the unorganised, to confront the AIDS/HIV threat and to promoting women’s trade union participation. Impressive progress has been made in establishing co-ordinating committees in almost all countries with more than two affiliates. Sub-regional committees have also been established to strengthen communication between countries. The ITF African Regional Office in Nairobi, Kenya co-ordinates the ITF’s activities in Africa. A co-ordinator for West Africa is based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

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Protest in Lagos over fuel subsidy removal, January 2012 12 January 2012
ITF condemns “reckless removal” of fuel subsidy in Nigeria
The ITF has denounced the Nigerian government for removing a fuel subsidy that has provoked a national strike across the country. Oil prices rose by 140 per cent on 1 January this year as a result of the government’s action. more >>

Truck in Burkina Faso 16 December 2011
Road transport workers in Burkina Faso win groundbreaking agreement
Road transport employees and their informal worker counterparts in Burkina Faso have won a significant agreement in the wake of a project led by the ITF and Finnish trade union solidarity centre SASK. more >>

Durban 8 December 2011
Low-carbon transport gets trade union airing in South Africa
Cheap transport oils the wheels of the global economy, yet it has a devastating impact, not just on the climate, but also on employees’ working conditions. That was the verdict of the ITF’s first African seminar on climate change recently. more >>

Kenyan truckers 7 December 2011
“Slave labour conditions” spark strike action ultimatum in Kenya
A transport union in Kenya is set for all out strike action next week if its demands to end the appalling working conditions endured by truckers and bus drivers are not met. more >>

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport 18 November 2011
Kenya aviation union wins settlement
"Go-slow" industrial action by aviation workers in Kenya came to an end recently after the workers reached a deal with their employer. more >>

Press releases

10 January 2012
Nigeria general strike enters second day
Commenting on the national strike in Nigeria which has now entered its second day and is still growing, ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) general secretary David Cockroft said: "Nigeria's unions are at the forefront of this strike, which is sweeping the country.” more >>

7 December 2011
Global union brands COP17 ‘a wasted opportunity’
Global union federation the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today reacted with disappointment to the failure of the UN COP17 climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, to deliver any progress on climate change so far. more >>

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