Browsing: Diaspora

On this day 70 years ago, 2 March 1955, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white woman. Her courageous act of…

The plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza is unfolding, with immense pressure on Egypt to accept a US proposal that would relocate about 2 million Palestinians. This…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programmes in the US have proved divisive – with the right up in arms over policies that could mean greater numbers…

The UK has been accused of legitimising perpetrators of genocide – by allowing its parliament to host an event attended by people reportedly linked to the…

In this 14 February interview with Netherlands-based NGO The Rights Forum, Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, explained why…

A 28-year-old Kenyan police officer was k*lled in Haiti on 23 February during a patrol with the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS), marking its first…

February is designated in the United States as Black History Month, a time to honour our brothers’ and sisters’ achievements and rich heritage. One part of…

The UK has unleashed sanctions on Rwanda – and says there’ll be more to follow if Kigali doesn’t get its troops out of eastern DR Congo.…

Today, we remember Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Black boy fatally shot by neighbourhood watch captain George Zimmerman in a gated community in a suburb of Orlando,…

Unsurprisingly, the Israeli military has escalated its operations in the occupied West Bank, deploying tanks to the region for the first time in more than two…