December 09
Africa: Africa's Grassroots Voices On the Climate Crisis Must Be Heard
The COP29 showed once again that global north countries have no interest in addressing their extensive role in the climate crisis and instead offer false solutions that further… Read more »
December 05
Africa: Will Chad Deal the Final Blow Against French Military Presence in Africa's Sahel?
Popular forces struggling against French neocolonialism in Chad explain to Peoples Dispatch the conjuncture that brought the Chadian president to end military ties with former… Read more »
November 29
Africa: Proposed Electricity Tariff Hikes in South Africa Met With Widespread Opposition
Privatization, which is only increasing under the current Government of National Unity (GNU), has caused the rising electricity prices, according to NUMSA. Read more »
October 31
Africa: Colombia Hosts COP16 On Biodiversity and Condemns Capitalist Devastation
The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones, for the protection and conservation of the earth. Read more »
November 01
Africa: African Union 2025 Elections Are a Contest of Prestige and Clout, Not Continental Vision
The elections for African Union Commission Chairperson are set for February 2025, yet it seems that candidates' are more focused on the possible symbolic victory rather than a… Read more »
October 19
Africa: Health Activists Picket Against High Cost of Nutritious Food On World Food Day
On World Food Day, activists from PHM South Africa held a picket, protesting soaring prices of healthy food Read more »
September 27
Africa: African Nations Push for Urgent UN Reforms and Call the Current Format Illegitimate
The demand for reform is also supported by the Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and countries such as China which want greater representation from the developing countries in… Read more »
September 15
Africa: Africa and the World Commemorates Cabral, 100 Years On
The struggles waged by Cabral and the PAIGC continue to be incredibly relevant today. The ongoing and increasing brutality of Western imperialism in the 21st century necessitates a… Read more »
July 16
Africa: Violent Conflicts Have Stalled Global Vaccination Rates, Putting Children At Risk for Preventable Diseases
Four years after the onset of COVID-19, children's vaccination rates are stalling and declining. Armed conflicts and weakening of public health systems are to blame Read more »
June 17
Africa: Global South Countries Break With West On Ukraine Summit Final Declaration
None of the BRICS member states signed the final joint communique which talked about respect for Ukraine's territorial integrity. Many affirmed that there cannot be any serious… Read more »
June 20
Africa: Air Pollution Is Killing Millions Across the Globe, Claims State of Global Air Report
Pollution is the second leading cause for death and life long health problems among children. In 2021, it killed over 700,000 children Read more »
June 18
Africa: Do EU Countries Purposely Delay Rescue Missions to Migrants Lost At Sea?
Humanitarian organizations and media investigations warn that EU coast guard services may be implicated in illegal pushbacks and intentional delays of rescue missions Read more »
May 29
Africa: Pandemic Treaty Faces Uncertain Future As World Health Assembly Begins
The 77th World Health Assembly has begun amid delays in pandemic response negotiations and ongoing assaults on healthcare in Palestine Read more »
May 26
Africa: Community Health Workers Across South Africa Mobilize Ahead of Election
South Africa's Community Health Workers protest for insourcing and essential rights with the support of trade unions and health movements Read more »
May 05
Africa: Universal Health Coverage - a Failure of Implementation or Strategy?
Halfway to the 2030 deadline for Universal Health Coverage, the world is severely off track. Nearly half of the global population lacks access to essential health services, with… Read more »
April 04
Southern Africa: Millions Face Hunger and Loss of Livelihood Amid Severe Drought in Southern Africa
Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Malawi have already proclaimed a state of national disaster as a severe drought has damaged swathes of crop area. Millions across the region are facing severe… Read more »
April 01
Africa: Liberating the Land - From Africa to Palestine
In Palestine and across the African continent, national liberation from colonialism is incomplete without sovereignty over the land Read more »
February 13
Africa: Dozens of Professional Athletes Sign 'Athletes for Ceasefire' Letter
The statement was signed by several celebrated athletes, including John Carlos, who raised a fist during the playing of the US national anthem at the 1968 Olympics Read more »
January 30
Africa: What's Behind Ethiopia's Overtures Toward Recognition of Somaliland?
At a time when Israel's shipping through Red Sea has been blocked by Ansarallah in Yemen, control over the coast of Somaliland to its south across the Gulf of Aden, has become… Read more »
January 29
Africa: From South Africa to Palestine - Art, Culture, and the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
Anti-apartheid fighter and cultural worker Mongane Wally Serote spoke at a recent event about the centrality of art and culture to the struggle for liberation Read more »
January 09
Africa: Elon Musk Purges Then Reinstates Pro-Palestine Accounts
Accounts that had been supportive of the Palestinian cause and critical of Zionist billionaire Bill Ackman were temporarily suspended Read more »
January 02
Africa: Five New Countries for Brics, And Putin Says 30 More Want Membership
Members of the expanded BRICS bloc have declared to work for multilateral regimes and multipolarity against the attempts to create hegemony and dominance in the world politics Read more »
December 18, 2023
Africa: Houthi Blockade Forces BP Cargo Ships Headed to Israel to Use Pricier African Route
Oil and gas prices have surged following British Petroleum's announcement of shipments pause due to "deteriorating security situation" Read more »
December 05, 2023
Africa: Thousands March in Brussels to Declare 'Planet and People Before Profit'
The demonstration was organized in the backdrop of the ongoing 12-day-long, COP28 Summit underway in UAE, which kicked off on November 30. Read more »
People's Dispatch (Johannesburg)
People's Dispatch, formerly The Dawn News, is an international media project with the mission of bringing to you voices from people’s movements and organizations across the globe.
