ICFTU African Regional Organisation

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. ==Affiliates==

The following federations were affiliated in 1965: ==Leadership==

General Secretaries :1964: Momadou 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==