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 23
Ghana: Ghanaians Mobilize in Solidarity With Palestine and to Demand a Ceasefire in Gaza
The protest in Kumasi, along with the demonstrations taking place across Ghana, serves as an important reminder of the urgent need for a ceasefire 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 »
January 01
Sudan: War in Sudan Engulfs Agricultural Heartland Amid Record Levels of Hunger
After capturing Gezira, a State in central Sudan that was producing half of its wheat and providing refuge to hundreds of thousands of IDPs, the RSF is set to battle the Sudanese… Read more »
December 20, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: As the DRC Holds Another Election, the Fight of the Congolese People Is Still for Liberation
44 million people were eligible to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections in the DRC on December 20. The vote has been held amid an intensification of… Read more »
December 19, 2023
Tanzania: Celebrating Its 30th Anniversary, Mviwata Vows to Strengthen Peasant Solidarity in Tanzania
Peoples Dispatch spoke to two leaders of Tanzania's peasant movement about the importance of peasant unity and the struggle against neoliberalism 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 »
Egypt: Almost 90% Voted for President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
Al-Sisi got almost 90% of all votes despite his government's failure to address economic crisis in the country and allegations of widespread suppression of dissent Read more »
December 13, 2023
West Africa: Ecowas to Hold Talks With Niger As Sahel States Move to Expand Ties
The West African regional bloc has decided to negotiate with Niamey for a "short transition roadmap" that can potentially lift sweeping economic sanctions. Meanwhile, Niger, along… 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 »
October 16, 2023
Tanzania: Tanzanian Farmers Are Paying for 'Conservation' With Their Land and Lives
For over 15 years, small farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania's Mbarali have been facing threats of eviction, criminalization and violent attacks by the state to expand the Ruaha… 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.
