The ICFTU African Regional Organisation (AFRO) was a regional organisation of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU), representing trade unions from countries in Africa.

History The organisation held its first congress in Accra in January 1957, but had little organisation in its early years. In 1965, the ICFTU's secretariat placed the organisation under the direct control of the ICFTU General Secretary, and it did not regain its autonomy until 1972. At that year's congress, F. T. Tekie of Ethiopia was elected as General Secretary of AFRO, but he was arrested in 1974.

but the current organisation was not fully formed until 1993. In 2007, the ICFTU merged with the World Confederation of Labour (WCL). AFRO merged with the WCL's Democratic Organization of African Workers' Trade Union, forming the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation.

Affiliates The following federations were affiliated in 1965: Union Country General League of Angolan Workers in Exile Angola West Cameroon Trades Union Congress Cameroon General Labour Federation of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Confederation of Free Trade Unions of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions Ethiopia National Confederation of Gabonese Workers Gabon Gambia Workers' Union Gambia General Union of Workers of Guinea Bissau Guinea Bissau Congress of Industrial Organisations Liberia National Federation of Trade Unions Libya Confederation of Malagasy Workers Madagascar Trades Union Congress of Malawi Malawi Mauritius Labour Congress Mauritius United Labour Congress Nigeria Somali Confederation of Labour Somalia Central Government Workers' Union Sudan General Federation of Tunisian Workers Tunisia Uganda Trades Union Congress Uganda National Organisations of Free Trade Unions Upper Volta

Leadership General Secretaries 1964: Momodou Jallow 1965: Post vacant 1972: Fisseha Tsion Tekie 1974: George Palmer (acting) 1979: Amos Gray 1993: Andrew Keilembo

Presidents 1960: Haroun Popoola Adebola 1964: Humphrey Luande 1965: Post vacant 1972: Alhaji Yunusa Kaltungo 1979: Boniface Kabore 1988: Sadok Allouche 1993: Madia Diop 2005: Mody Guiro

See also ITUC Regional Organisation for Asia and Pacific Trade Union Confederation of the Americas European Trade Union Confederation List of federations of trade unions

References

2004 ICFTU-AFRO news archives