Syria: Millions displaced, impoverished and traumatized, Security Council hears
As the end of another year of war looms, “families in Syria remain without respite after almost a decade of conflict,” the UN Emergency Relief...
Freed Nigerian schoolboys welcomed; calls for more security
KATSINA, Nigeria—Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their...
Time for Black South Africans to control the economy?
During a wide-ranging interview with Africa Watch, Redge Nkosi, the Pretoria-based founder and executive director of First Source Money and Public Banking of South...
Palestinians: West Bank teen wounded by Israeli gunfire dies
RAMALLAH, West Bank—A 13-year-old Palestinian died after being shot by Israeli troops during clashes with a stone-throwing crowd in the occupied West Bank, the...
Fans jeer as players take a knee in English soccer match
LONDON—Fans attending an English second-tier match between host Millwall and Derby jeered as players took a knee in support of the Black Lives Matter...
Mural at Black archive in Amsterdam vandalized
AMSTERDAM—Vandals daubed white paint over the faces of Black historical figures on a mural outside a Black cultural archive in Amsterdam in early December...
UN expert calls for Assange’s release, cites prison’s Covid outbreak
Amid a Covid-19 outbreak at London’s Belmarsh prison, an independent UN expert appealed to British authorities to release Julian Assange or to place him...
Ghana holds successful presidential election
The Republic of Ghana came through another successful presidential vote as Nana Akufo-Addo won reelection with 51.59 percent of the vote, allowing him four...
Cuba and allies working to end U.S. embargo in May 2021
Cuban government diplomatic officials, an international coalition of allies, the leaders of more than 180 countries and civil rights, social justice and human rights...
Ghanaian activist halts coal plant, wins major prize
(GIN)—Coal kills. Choose renewable. Those were the bedrock principles of environmental activist Chibeze Ezekiel, a grassroots organizer from Ghana, who in November was named one...