ITUC-Africa condemns global militarisation, warns of deepening humanitarian crisis.
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By Victor Ahiuma-Young The African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation, ITUC-Africa, has condemned the growing militarisation of the world, warning that governments are spending trillions of dollars on weapons and military expansion while cutting humanitarian assistance and development funding desperately needed to save lives and improve living conditions.
The organisation, which represents more than 18 million African workers, said escalating wars and conflicts across the world, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, were worsening the suffering of ordinary people, destroying livelihoods and threatening global peace.
It called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, protection of civilians and renewed diplomatic efforts to resolve conflicts through dialogue rather than military confrontation. In a statement by ITUC-Africa General Secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie, expressed “profound alarm at the continuing conflicts in the Middle East and across the world, the destruction of civilian lives and livelihoods, and the dangerous erosion of the international legal order established to preserve peace.” Odigie painted a disturbing picture of a world increasingly committed to military expansion at the expense of human welfare, pointing to the enormous gap between rising defence expenditure and declining development and humanitarian assistance. “The world is finding trillions to prepare for war while withdrawing billions needed to keep people alive,” he stated. Citing figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), the ITUC-Africa General Secretary noted that global military expenditure reached a record $2.887 trillion in 2025, representing a 41 per cent increase over the preceding decade.
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