Africa
WE MOVE THE WORLD
Restrictions and attacks on trade union rights are an increasing challenge across Africa. ITF Africa is fighting the corporate greed and corruption which have driven down wages and working conditions and driven poverty and inequality across the region.
ITF Africa see national, sub-regional, regional and global coordination as the most effective way to shift power back from capital to workers, and win a just, equal and sustainable future for us all. Across Africa, every country with more than two affiliated unions now has an ITF coordinating committee and sub-regional coordination is strengthening solidarity across the continent to protect and improve transport workers' lives and futures.
AFRICA REGIONAL SECRETARY
Mohammed Dauda Safiyanu
CONTACTS
ITF Nairobi Office
Second Floor, Eldama Park
Mara 2 Block Peponi Road and Eldama Ravine Road Junction
66540 – 00800 Westlands Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254 20 374 2774/5
ITF Abidjan Office
Bureau Afrique Francophone
Cocody Bonoumin Lot 63 Ilo 88
22 Bp 11 Abidjan 22
Tel: +255 59573486
On the ground
The latest news on the issues affecting us all, and the actions we’re taking to improve our workers' lives and futures.
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This May Day, transport workers stand united for a better world
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) joins workers around the world to celebrate May Day – a day of solidarity, struggle, and commitment to building a better world for all.
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Over 100 drivers dismissed for demanding PPE in Senegal
The ITF has written to Foreign Minister of Senegal Yassine Fall requesting urgent intervention in the shocking and illegal dismissal of 103 road transport drivers.
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Press Release
ITF demands safe return of seafarers kidnapped in Gulf of Guinea and demands action against piracy
ITF Seafarers’ Section Coordinator, Fabrizio Barcellona, said: “This is a desperate situation with ten seafarers kidnapped, their crew mates threatened with execution, and their families pleading for
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Cross-border truck drivers in East Africa build union power
On 19 February, 120 cross-border truck drivers joined the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers’ Union of Uganda (ATGWU), raising the union’s membership in this sector to nearly 650 workers.
Local actions global impact
We power transport
Worker stories
Sanitation rights: Mabu’s story
My supervisor said you need to carry a plastic container and then use paper. I thought it was a joke until I found no toilets inside the train. Mabu Molele, from Johannesburg, has worked in the
Worker stories
WORKER WELFARE MUST BE PART OF THE CLIMATE STORY
Victoria Nwakolo is a second-generation railway worker, passionate about Nigeria’s railways as the best way to transport the people and oil vital to the country’s economy. Trains have far lower carbon
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