| ITUC Africa | |
| Location Country: | Africa |
| Affiliation: | ITUC |
| Members: | 15 million (2004) |
| Full Name: | ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa |
| Founded: | 2007 |
| Headquarters: | Lome, Togo |
| Key People: | Kwasi Adu-Amankwah, General Secretary |
| Website: | www.ituc-africa.org |
The ITUC Regional Organisation for Africa (ITUC-Africa) is a regional organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing trade unions from countries in Africa. There are 56 national trade union federations affiliated to ITUC-Africa, from 45 countries, and representing a total of 15 million workers.
The organisation was founded in 2007, at a congress in Accra, with the merger of the ICFTU African Regional Organisation and the World Confederation of Labour's Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union.[1]
The organisation has six main departments, handling conflict resolution, economic & social policy, education, gender & equality, HIV/AIDS, and human & trade union rights. In its own words,
ICFTU-AFRO seeks to fight poverty, unemployment and all forms of discrimination, exploitation, arbitrary unrests, detention without trial and unlawful dismissals.
| Union federation | Acronym | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CGSILA | Angola | ||
| UNTA-CS | Angola | ||
| BFTU | Botswana | ||
| FI.SE.MA. | Madagasacar | ||
| SEKRIMA | Madagasacar | ||
| USAM | Madagasacar | ||
| FISEMARE | Madagasacar | ||
| MCTU | Malawi | ||
| MLC | Mauritius | ||
| MTUC | Mauritius | ||
| NTUC | Mauritius | ||
| OTM | Mozambique | ||
| TUCNA | Namibia | ||
| TUCOSWA | eSwatini | ||
| ZCTU | Zambia | ||
| ZCTU | Zimbabwe | ||
| CONSAWU | South Africa | ||
| Federation of Unions of South Africa | FEDUSA | South Africa | |
| COSATU | South Africa | ||
| NACTU | South Africa | ||
| UIR-CFDT | Reunion | ||
| UGT-STP | Sao Tomé and Principe | ||
| ONTSTP-CS | Sao Tomé and Principe | ||
| CSTC | Cameroon | ||
| USLC | Cameroon | ||
| CSAC | Cameroon | ||
| Confédération Syndicale des Travailleurs de Centrafrique | CSTC | Central African Republic | |
| USTC | Central African Republic | ||
| CNTC | Central African Republic | ||
| CLTT | Chad | ||
| UST | Chad | ||
| CSC | Republic of the Congo | ||
| COSYLAC | Republic of the Congo | ||
| CDT | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| UNTC | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| CSC | Democratic Republic of the Congo | ||
| CGSL | Gabon | ||
| COSYGA | Gabon | ||
| COSYBU | Burundi | ||
| CSB | Burundi | ||
| CTTC | Comoros | ||
| UDT | Djibouti | ||
| NCEW | Eritrea | ||
| CETU | Ethiopia | ||
| COTU (K) | Kenya | ||
| CESTRAR | Rwanda | ||
| SFWU | Seychelles | ||
| FESTU | Somalia | ||
| SSWTUF | South Sudan | ||
| TUCTA | Tanzania | ||
| ZATUC | Tanzania | ||
| NOTU | Uganda | ||
| CSA | Benin | ||
| UNSTB | Benin | ||
| COSI | Benin | ||
| General Confederation of the Workers of Benin | CGTB | Benin | |
| CSIPB | Benin | ||
| CSB | Burkina Faso | ||
| CNTB | Burkina Faso | ||
| ONSL | Burkina Faso | ||
| USTB | Burkina Faso | ||
| UNTC-CS | Cabo Verde | ||
| Centrale des Syndicats Libres de Côte d'Ivoire | DIGNITE | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| UGTCI | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| Federation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Ivory Coast | FESACI | Côte d'Ivoire | |
| CSH | Côte d'Ivoire | ||
| GWC | Gambia | ||
| GFL | Ghana | ||
| TUC | Ghana | ||
| CNTG | Guinea | ||
| ONSLG | Guinea | ||
| USTG | Guinea | ||
| UNTGB | Guinea-Bissau | ||
| LLC | Liberia | ||
| CSTM | Mali | ||
| UNTM | Mali | ||
| Democratic Confederation of Workers of Niger | CDTN | Niger | |
| CNT | Niger | ||
| USTN | Niger | ||
| NLC | Nigeria | ||
| CSA | Senegal | ||
| UNSAS | Senegal | ||
| Democratic Union of Senegalese Workers | UDTS | Senegal | |
| National Confederation of Senegalese Workers | CNTS | Senegal | |
| CNTS-FC | Senegal | ||
| CCOTU | Sierra Leone | ||
| SLLC | Sierra Leone | ||
| CSTT | Togo | ||
| UNSIT | Togo | ||
| CNTT | Togo | ||
| UGSL | Togo | ||
| UGTA | Algeria | ||
| CGTM | Mauritania | ||
| CLTM | Mauritania | ||
| UTM | Mauritania | ||
| CNTM | Mauritania | ||
| CDT | Morocco | ||
| UGTM | Morocco | ||
| UMT | Morocco | ||
| UGTT | Tunisia |
2007: Kwasi Adu-Amankwah
2007: Mody Guiro