Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

Africa: May Day – African Workers Decry Rising Inequality, ‘Vanishing Billions’ and Elite Control

Organised labour under the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC-Africa) has raised concern over what it describes as worsening inequality and economic hardship across the continent. Marking this year’s International Workers’ Day, ITUC-Africa warned that Africa is facing a growing imbalance in wealth distribution, where economic gains are increasingly concentrated among…

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Africa: Sinking Islands, Vanishing Forests – World Leaders Call for Urgent Climate Action

Africa: Sinking Islands, Vanishing Forests – World Leaders Call for Urgent Climate Action

From the rainforests of Central America to low-lying atolls in the Pacific and drought-stricken plains in Africa, leaders came to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday with a common message: climate change is no longer a distant threat, but an immediate danger demanding bolder global commitments. Their appeals, sharpened by rising seas, failed harvests…

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