Nigeria's Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing industrial action by another eight weeks, to allow the government more time to meet all its demands ... Read more »
The new labour policy will "introduce quotas on the total number of documented foreign nationals with work visas that can be employed in major economic sectors such as agriculture, ... Read more »
About 50 human rights organisations have written to South African Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi expressing concerns over the humanitarian impact by choosing to not ... Read more »
The primary and secondary teachers strike in South Kordofan has entered its sixth day of protest. Teachers across South Kordofan are owed back-payments that Read more »
At least 50,000 Nigerians have signed a petition calling on the United Kingdom (UK) home office to either remove Nigeria from the list of countries whose citizens are required ... Read more »
The Federation of Zimbabwe Educators Union (FOZEU) has said its members are incapacitated to report for duty when schools reopen on February 7 because their meagre salaries h Read more »
All teachers who did not report for duty when schools opened have been suspended with immediate effect for three months without pay, the governement has said. A p Read more »
Public universities in Ghana are on the verge of a shutdown unless lecturers currently on strike for over four weeks return to work. The lecturers, who are part of the ... Read more »
The African Union heads of states and government have approved Kiswahili as one of the bloc's official working languages following a request from Tanzania's Vice President Phillip ... Read more »
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The role of young people in peacebuilding is made all the more critical because of the continent's so-called youth bulge, which means that now more than half of Africa's population ... Read more »
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