Guinea
Actionism
2 killed in Guinea’s army and police clash
afrol News, 18 June - At least two people are reported dead and seven treated for gunshot wounds following clashes between Guinean army and striking police officers whose base was raided in the country’s capital, Conakry, on Tuesday in trying to put down a two day police strike. Read more
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Ghana
Children | Children | Law | Policy
"Child labour still prevalent in Ghana"
afrol News, 13 June - Ghanaian rights organisations warn that, despite efforts to fight child labour in the country, around 20 percent of the nation's children are engaged in labour. The problem is a lack of sufficient labour inspectors, or inspectors doing a poor job, they hold.
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Zimbabwe
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Elections | Expression | Law | People | Violence
Zimbabwe unionists charged for inciting uprising
afrol News, 9 May - Police on Thursday detained the President and General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) for mentioning in May Day speeches the election controversy and the ensuing violent intimidation campaign.
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Morocco
Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Disasters | Economy | Industry | Law | People | Policy | Policy | Social
Morocco's fatal blaze blamed on greed
afrol News, 30 April - Unionists have blamed a fatal fire on Morocco's Rosamor Ameublements matress and furniture in Casablanca to employer greed and official negligence. At least 55 industrial workers - including 35 women - died in the fire incident.
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Mauritius
Affairs | Affairs | Children | Children | Crime | Law | People | Policy
Mauritius snubs labour laws
afrol News, 24 April - It has been discovered that the law and practice in Mauritius is in breach of the International Labour Organisation's core labour conventions ratified by the country.
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Ghana | World
Actionism | Affairs | Affairs | Economy | People | Trade
Trade unions call for decent work
afrol News, 22 April - Trade ministers and heads of state meeting for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in the Ghanaian capital Accra have been urged to endorse a strong commitment on the interlinkage between trade and development. Read more
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Nigeria
Actionism | Affairs | Children | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Disasters | Ethnic | Law | People | Refugees - Displaced | Violence | War & Peace | War Crimes
'The graves are not yet full'
afrol News, 7 April - One of Africa's most industrious sons and "father of the Internet" has made a recollection of the bloody Biafran war at the 40th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's assassination in Atlanta, Georgia. Philip Emeagwali, a Nigerian born, also used the event to draw the attention of the world to the "committing suicide" in Africa.
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Swaziland
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Law | People | Violence
Exiled Swazi hero murdered
afrol News, 3 April - The exiled deputy President of the banned People's United Democratic Movement of Swaziland [PUDEMO] was shot dead by gunmen who ambushed him at Nelspruit in South Africa on Tuesday morning.
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Nigeria
Actionism | Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Crime | Higher Education | HIV-AIDS | Law | People | Violence
No-work-no-pay rule damned
afrol News, 7 March - Nigerian government has been damned for issuing a directive to all heads of universities that it would apply no-work-no-pay rule. In this piece, an education rights campaigner of Obafemi Awolowo University in Nigeria, Kola Ibrahim, wondered why the rule should be applied to all lecturers who participated in the last warning strike, describing the rule as "condemnable" and "provocative."
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Zambia
Actionism | Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Economy | Economy | Law | Mining | People
Rioting Zambia miners sacked
afrol News, 7 March - The sacked Zambian mine workers of Chambishi copper mining firm have been given three days to reapply for their jobs and give reasons why they should join the Chambishi copper smelter or risk losing face redundancy. Read more
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Cameroon
Actionism | Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Elections | Law | People | Violence
7 killed in Cameroon protest
afrol News, 26 February - A general strike by Cameroonian taxi drivers in the commercial city of Douala turned violent, resulting to the shooting to death of seven people by soldiers. Read more
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Zimbabwe
Actionism | Affairs | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Diaspora | Law | People | Policy | Trade | Violence | War & Peace
EU renews Zimbabwe ban
afrol News, 20 February - The European Union Council has renewed the body's restrictive measures against Zimbabwe for a year. Read more
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Ghana
Actionism | Affairs | Children | Crime | Economic rights | Industry | Law | Mining | Oppression | People | Policy | Political rights | Social | Violence
Ghana shuns labour standard
afrol News, 28 January - The government of Ghana has been faulted for breaching the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation it had ratified, a new report issued by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). Read more
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Kenya
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Elections | Expression | History | Law | Oppression | People | Violence
Slapped Kenya MC sacked
afrol News, 17 December - As if he was not satisfied with the humiliation and pain of being publicly slapped for merely mistakenly introducing the first lady, the Kenya government added salt to the injury by sacking Francis Musyimi as a principal administrative secretary in the Office of the President. Read more
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Gambia
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Democracy - Dictatorship | Expression | Law | Oppression | People | Policy | Violence
Editor's killers still at large
afrol News, 17 December - It was exactly three years yesterday since the callous and cowardly killing of a leading Gambian newspaper editor and rights activists took place, yet no serious investigations were conducted by the government. Read more
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Nigeria
Actionism | Affairs | Crime | Expression | Law | Oppression | People | Policy
Journalists attract solidarity
afrol News, 12 December -
Nigerian media workers who had been locked out by 'The Guardian' management have attracted national, regional and internation sympathy, with the International Federation (IF) urging its member worldwide member unions to express their solidarity with them.
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Kenya
Actionism | Affairs | Violence
Kenya Minister clashes with police
afrol News, 1 August - Kenya’s firebrand Minister of Health, who has been known for contradicting government policies, has clashed with police for detaining a women’s rights activist. Charity Ngilu forced her way to a police station and freed Anne Njogu from cell, despite police resistance. Read more
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