Morocco
Economy - Development | Politics | Society | Labour
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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Ghana
Labour | Economy - Development | Agriculture - Nutrition | Human rights | Society | Gender - Women | Politics
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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South Africa
Economy - Development | Labour
Unemployment dropping in South Africa
afrol News, 29 March - Finally, unemployment statistics are showing a healthy development in South Africa, where the black majority still is waiting to see social justice after more than a decade of majority rule. Between September 2005 and 2006, the number of unemployed persons dropped from 4.4 million to 4.3 million.
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Mauritius
Labour | Economy - Development
Mauritius expects less unemployed in 2007
afrol News, 4 January - Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam expects the national economy to boom this year, following the positive trends in 2006, where the unemployment rate started dropping for the first time in 16 years. In particular the tourism and IT sectors are expected to create thousands of new jobs in Mauritius in 2007.
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Zimbabwe
Society | Economy - Development | Labour | Human rights
Zimbabwe police nabs 20,000 illegal miners
afrol News, 3 January - The police in Zimbabwe today announced that they have arrested at least 19,239 people for their involvement in illegal mining and smuggling of precious minerals from the country. Hazardous artisanal mining has become one of the last possible revenue sources for Zimbabwe's many unemployed.
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