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ANC Secretary-General Says Putin Welcome In South Africa Despite ICC Arrest Warrant

African Stream May 30, 2023 African Stream

South Africa wants peace between Ukraine and Russia. That was the message from the head of the country’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) party during a contentious interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Fikile Mbalula also stressed his party would welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin if he attended the upcoming BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit in Durban, South Africa. That’s despite the International Criminal Court issuing an arrest warrant for Putin over alleged war crimes in Ukraine. Digital news outlet African Stream breaks it down.

All-African People’s Conference held in Ghana, 1958 / source: unknown

Unity Is an Imperative: Reclaiming African Liberation Day, 60 Years On

Tanupriya Singh May 26, 2023 Tanupriya Singh

African Liberation Day marks the founding of the Organization of African Unity in 1963. While the idea of "liberation" has since been removed in letter, and even in spirit, from official commemorations of the day, radical forces have held onto it in their fight against capitalism. Tanupriya Singh reports for Peoples Dispatch.

Maya Angelou, Julian Mayfield, unidentified person and Malcolm X in Ghana.

Malcolm X’s Revolutionary Trip to Africa

African Stream May 22, 2023 African Stream

Before Malcolm X went to Africa, he was a Black nationalist and member of the Nation of Islam. By the time he left, he had become a Pan-Africanist, fighting an anti-imperialist struggle. African Stream tells the story of Malcolm X's political transformation that led to his assassination a few months after his return.

United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees staff with refugees from Sudan in Chad / credit: UNHCR/Colin Delfosse

Fighting Between Sudanese Army and RSF Has Disastrous Impact in Darfur As Hundreds of Thousands Are Displaced

Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service May 19, 2023 Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service

More than 700,000 people have been internally displaced in Sudan since April 15, when an armed conflict began between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM). Peoples Dispatch / Globetrotter News Service reports.

Online Panel Discussion: ‘Breaking the Colonial Grip on African Journalism’

Toward Freedom Editor May 16, 2023 Toward Freedom Editor

Register for Toward Freedom's online panel discussion, "Breaking the Colonial Grip on African Journalism," an event to launch the Africa Reporting Fund.

A protest took place November 25, 2021, denouncing violence against women in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. Dominican leftist, feminist, anti-racist and Haitian immigrant community organizations participated in the march under the slogan "Haitian Lives Matter" and confronted the government's immigration policy / credit: Vladimir Fuentes

U.S. Backs Dominican Republic As Violence Against Haitians Escalates After 22% of Haitians Deported

Vladimir Fuentes May 12, 2023 Vladimir Fuentes

Since 2021, the government of Luis Abinader has been promoting a campaign of mass deportations of the Haitian immigrant community. This also affects Dominicans of Haitian descent, or Haitians born in the Dominican Republic. Vladimir Fuentes reports from the Dominican Republic.