North-Africa
African Workers Face Deepening Inequality and Economic Hardship
The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation has sounded the alarm over a widening wealth gap across the continent,…
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Labour
East-Africa
Zimbabwe Teachers Threaten Strike Amid Escalating Wage Standoff
Teachers have thrown their weight behind civil servants’ demands for higher wages, giving the government 14 days to act or risk major…
East-Africa
Zimbabwe Nurses Go on Strike, Demand Salary Increases
Hospitals across Zimbabwe were thrown into turmoil as nurses walked off the job, leaving wards understaffed and patients without care, in a…
Central-Africa
UK Halts Study Visas for Cameroon and Sudan Due to Asylum Issues
The UK Home Office has announced a significant policy shift, halting the issuance of study visas to nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar,…
World
Police arrest Labour MP Joani Reid’s husband over suspected China espionage
UK arrests over suspected China spying as MP Joani Reid defends husband LONDON — Counterterrorism police have arrested three men on suspicion…
Southern-Africa
South Africa Braces for Pre-emptive Debunking of Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation
Every year since 2013, Africa Check has fact-checked South Africa’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) — the speech President Cyril Ramaphosa…
West-Africa
HRW Calls for Investigation into ‘Random’ Drone Attack in Niger
Human Rights Watch Urges Investigation into Deadly Drone Attack in Niger Human Rights Watch (HRW) is pressing Nigerien authorities to undertake an…
World
Keir Starmer to brief Labour MPs as Mandelson controversy escalates
LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will face his MPs this week as he fights for his political survival after his…
Somalia
Somalia Introduces Updated Labor Law to Strengthen Workers’ Rights and Economic Growth
Somalia unveils revised labour code to strengthen worker protections, modernize employment rules MOGADISHU — Somalia on Sunday launched a revised Somali Labour…
Somalia
UK Labour leader Keir Starmer condemns Trump’s ‘insulting’ Afghanistan remarks
Starmer says Trump should apologize for ‘insulting’ claim NATO allies stayed off Afghanistan front lines LONDON — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
World
Labour MPs convene as Starmer rival Andy Burnham eyes by-election bid
Labour MPs from northwest England will gather amid rising speculation that Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham could seek to stand in a…
