Pambazuka News is a weekly electronic newsletter covering news, commentary, analysis and a range of other resources on human rights and development in Africa.

Every week we commission work to provide original commentaries on key events in Africa, combined with a comprehensive weekly round-up of news on human rights, conflict, health, environment, social welfare, development, the internet, literature and arts in Africa.

Produced by Fahamu South Africa and using volunteers based in Africa, Pambazuka News produces 30-40 text pages of information about Africa on a weekly basis. with content categorised into 28 content themes, making it easy for subscribers to access information that is relevant to their needs.

The newsletter has become Africa's most widely distributed electronic newsletter on social justice with a readership estimated at 60,000. Major newspapers have reprinted editorials and since June 2003, AllAfrica.com has also carried all issues of Pambazuka News in full on their Peace Africa subsite (allafrica.com/peaceafrica/).

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Fahamu has a vision of the world where people organise to emancipate themselves from all forms of oppression, recognise their social responsibilities, respect each other’s differences, and realise their full potential.

Fahamu supports the struggle for human rights and social justice in Africa by:

• Stimulating debate, discussion and analysis
• Distributing news and information
• Developing training materials and running distance-learning courses
• Supporting social justice advocacy through innovative use of information and communications technologies

Although Fahamu focuses primarily on Africa, we work with others to support the global movement for human rights and social justice.

The word Fahamu means ‘understanding’ or ‘consciousness’ in Kiswahili.