With millions of citizens in Ukraine fleeing the country after Russia initiated a deadly attack on Feb. 24, there have been reports of racism against Black people in Ukraine as they try to leave the country. African…
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Less than half the women in 57 developing countries are denied the right to say “no” to sex with their partners, to decide whether to use contraception, or to seek health…
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The Ethiopian government is disputing charges of ethnic cleansing in the Tigray conflict, calling allegations by the United States “unfounded.” “Nothing during or after the end of the main law enforcement…
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Skinny, hungry, fleeing threats of violence, thousands of people who have been hiding in rural areas of Ethiopia’s Tigray region have begun arriving in a community that can barely support…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Looting gangs stormed through parts of Nigeria’s largest city Thursday, spreading violence for a second day in Lagos in the wake of two weeks of peaceful protests against police brutality. Plumes…
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian protesters demanding an end to police brutality defied a curfew and faced off with security forces Wednesday as gunfire rang out and fires burned in Lagos, a day after shots…
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s president says that the man portrayed as a hero in the film “Hotel Rwanda” will stand trial for allegedly supporting rebel violence. President Paul Kagame, appearing on national television Sunday,…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An outcry is rising in Somalia as parliament considers a bill that would allow child marriage once a girl’s sexual organs mature and would allow forced marriage as long as the family…
#Justice4Elijah DENVER (AP) — The Colorado governor on Thursday ordered prosecutors to reopen the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man put into a chokehold by police who stopped him on…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council votes Friday on a proposal to change the city charter to allow the elimination of the city’s police department, a radical move supported by a majority of the…