‘There’s no freedom:’ African students fleeing Ukraine are being held in detention centers in the European Union
A 29-year-old Nigerian student was studying trade and economics in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, when war broke out. The student, who remained anonymous, spoke to...
‘We will continue all forms of resistance’ Military crackdown in Sudan continues, protestors remain undeterred
The strangeness of writing a column about Africa and being married to an African in the middle of a political, economic and social crisis...
Haitians protest rising insecurity; some burn a plane
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—Haitians took to the streets March 29 to protest rising insecurity, with demonstrations turning violent in the southern city of Les Cayes where...
UK maternity scandal review finds 200 avoidable baby deaths
LONDON—A review into a scandal-hit British hospital group concluded March 30 that persistent failures in maternity care contributed to the avoidable deaths of more...
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Program of Action (PoA)—the UN’s blueprint to tackle racism and other forms of discrimination—UN...
Rockets fired near base housing Turkish troops in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province
A number of rockets have rocked a military base in Iraq’s northern province of Nineveh, which houses Turkish military forces engaged in ongoing operations against...
Response plan launched to support 1.4 million Rohingya and Bangladeshis
“Robust and sustained international support” is again needed for Rohingya refugees and the Bangladeshi communities generously hosting them, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said...
UN highlights human cost of Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
The United Nations on March 29 remembered the horrors of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and its continued impact on the modern world, by honoring the tradition of...
Why U.S.-led NATO & its complicit press framing Africa as being in bed with Russia
Western media outlets in many cases have wrongly accused Africa of siding with Russia in its war against Ukraine. No mention is ever made...
Jamaican protesters demand reparations and spurn royals during an official visit
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Protesters in Jamaica raised their fists as they donned T-shirts emblazoned with a pair of shackled Black wrists surrounded by the...