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African trade unions advance social dialogue strategies for rural and agricultural workers
Women agricultural workers harvesting crops in a field in Regueb, Tunisia, during a visit to farms benefiting from ILO-supported projects.

African trade unions advance social dialogue strategies for rural and agricultural workers

More than 50 trade union representatives and labour experts from 20 African countries are exchanging knowledge and developing practical strategies to strengthen the representation of rural and agricultural workers, facilitate access to social...

Productive jobs key to harnessing Africa's demographic dividend, ILO tells AfDB Annual Meetings
Sangheon Lee speaks during a panel discussion at the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo.

AfDB Annual Meetings

Productive jobs key to harnessing Africa's demographic dividend, ILO tells AfDB Annual Meetings

During the African Development Bank Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, the International Labour Organization called for productive and decent job creation to be placed at the centre of economic transformation strategies while advancing cooperation with...

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

#EndChildLabour2021

World Day Against Child Labour in Africa: Opening remarks by Ms Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon, ILO Assistant Director-General, Regional Director...

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

#EndChildLabour2021

Media Advisory- Event to mark the World Day Against Child Labour in Africa

Join us for a regional virtual event to commemorate the World Day against Child Labour.

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

AU, ILO and UNICEF mark the World Day against Child Labour in Africa

The African Union, ILO and UNICEF organized a virtual Continental event to mark the World Day against Child Labour. The event brought together key actors, to discuss strategies to address child labour, taking a holistic and systemic approach based...

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

COVID-19: Protect children from child labour, now more than ever!

Most ILO programmes implemented in African countries, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now taking accelerated action on protecting the health, jobs and incomes of workers. These interventions include a focus on more comprehensive social...

The Republic of the Congo ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Republic of the Congo ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Today, the Republic of the Congo deposited with the International Labour Office the instrument of ratification of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006).

The Republic of the Congo ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

Maritime Labour Convention

The Republic of the Congo ratifies the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC, 2006)

The Republic of the Congo is the 57th member State of the ILO, and the ninth African State – after Liberia, Gabon, Benin, Togo, Morocco, Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa – that ratified the MLC, 2006.