Ibrahima Fofana (trade unionist)

Ibrahima Fofana (12 January 1952 – 16 April 2010) was a Guinean trade unionist.

Fofana was elected as the leader of the United Trade Union of Guinean Workers by 1995.^[1] He played a key role in the January–February 2007 general strike, during which he was injured.^[2] He announced the end of the first stage of the strike in a live television broadcast in late January.^[3]^[4]

Fofana was killed in a car accident en route to Fria in 2010.^[5]

References

^ "Rapport du Comité de la Liberté Syndicale" (in French). International Labour Organization. 1996. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
^ Condé, Maséco (23 January 2007). "Dr. Ibrahima Fofana, Secrétaire général de l'USTG". Le Diplomate (in French). Retrieved 24 February 2007.
^ AFP (29 January 2007). "Guinea awaits new PM after end of strike". France 24. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 24 February 2007.
^ "Guinea union chief calls off strike". Al Jazeera. 28 January 2007.
^ "Informations | Guinée : mort du syndicaliste Ibrahima Fofana" [Guinea: death of trade unionist Ibrahima Fofana] (in French). BBCAfrique.com. 17 April 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2022.

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