78 miners found starved and dehydrated to death in South African police operation against unlicensed mining
The bodies of 78 dead miners have been retrieved from a shaft in Buffelsfontein mine’s Shaft 11 after being trapped underground since last August by the South African police who cut-off food and water supply in its attempt to crackdown on unlicensed mining.
A new military strategy of French neo-colonialism in Africa: reorganizing under the cover retreat
Left parties of West Africa warn that announcements by France-backed regimes in its former African colonies about the withdrawal of its troops is an attempt to deceive the anti-imperialist movement by hiding its military presence from public view.
Asediados y bombardeados en medio de la hambruna, cientos de miles de desplazados internos luchan por sobrevivir en Darfur
Mientras la guerra entre las fuerzas de seguridad de Sudán continúa en su vigesimoprimer mes, las bajas aumentan en El Fasher, la capital asediada de Darfur del Norte, que ha quedado aislada de la ayuda alimentaria en medio de una hambruna que se extiende mientras los mercados locales son bombardeados.
67 killed in stampedes at Christmas food drives in Nigeria as IMF-induced hunger engulfed millions more in 2024
After dozens died in stampedes, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu remarked, “We should just get on with it.” Tinubu’s IMF-prescribed policies have more than doubled food prices in the country, condemning millions more to hunger.
The DRC’s historic case against Apple over blood minerals in its supply chain
The war-torn country has accused the US-based global tech giant of war crimes, forgery and deception by using illegally extracted and smuggled minerals in its products.
Survivors of Apartheid-era forced removals from Cape Town win a crucial legal battle
The Constitutional Court’s order on December 20 is a landmark judgment, advancing jurisprudence by specifying “location” of the alternative housing provided to those evicted as an “essential component of adequate housing”.
Besieged and bombed amid famine, hundreds of thousands of IDPs struggle to survive in Darfur
As the war between Sudan’s security forces continues into its 21st month, casualties mount in North Darfur’s besieged capital El Fasher, which has been cut off from food aid amid spreading famine while local markets are being bombed.
Niger’s new government “is a blessing for us farmers”
From the small peasants to farmers with relatively large land-holding, Niger’s farming community explains to Peoples Dispatch why they support the popular anti-France military government.