News and Press releases

April 2014

  1. ILO Chief for Africa meets Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth Development, Indigenization and Empowerment

    29 April 2014

    Mr Aeneas Chuma, ILO Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa met Honourable Francis Nhema to discuss creative ways and means for skills development of young women and men in Zimbabwe in order to address mismatches in the labour market.

  2. New ILO’s Youth Job Fair in Toamasina, Madagascar

    29 April 2014

    A two-day regional job fair targeting young women and men of Madagascar was launched today in Toamasina (North-East) under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and its partners to address the burning issue of youth unemployment.

  3. ILO Regional Director for Africa on official visit to Zimbabwe

    28 April 2014

    Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, the new ILO Assistant-Director General and Regional Director for Africa, is on his first official visit to Zimbabwe to meet the leadership of the country, key representatives of UN agencies and development partners.

  4. ILO Head for Africa meets Zimbabwe's Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare

    28 April 2014

    Mr Aeneas Chuma, ILO Regional Director for Africa met Honourable Nicholas T. Goche to discuss strategic partnerships on youth employment, women empowerment, strenghtening social security and up-scaling ILO's support to technical cooperation projects.

  5. ILO Regional Director for Africa on official visit to Zimbabwe

    28 April 2014

    Mr Aeneas Chapinga Chuma, Assistant Director General and Regional Director for Africa based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is in the country on his first official visit.

  6. Focus on job-rich growth for Africa's Development Strategy, says A. Chuma

    25 April 2014

    High levels of youth unemployment call for more pro-employment policies to promote a job-rich growth in Africa, said ILO Assistant Director-General and Regional Director for Africa, Aeneas C. Chuma

  7. The AU holds a Special Session on Ouaga+10 in Namibia

    23 April 2014

    The ILO attends the Special Session of the AU Labour and Social Affairs' Commission to evaluate the implementation of the 2004 Ouagadougou Declaration and Plan of Action on Employment Promotion and Poverty Alleviation in Africa.

  8. Interface between law enforcement agencies and social partners

    15 April 2014

    The ILO Commission of Enquiry suggested seven recommendations for the Government of Zimbabwe on Freedom of Association and the Right to Organize Convention, and the Right to Organize and Collective Bargaining Convention.

  9. Angola presents the Brasilia Declaration on combating child labour through South-South cooperation on behalf of the CPLP

    15 April 2014

  10. “Men cannot do what I am doing!”

    10 April 2014

    Ester Karikoga, a young mother of two from the high density suburb Glen View in Harare, was left by her husband and found herself being a struggling single mother with no income: