US midterm elections: Five states to vote on ‘slavery loopholes’
More than 150 years after slaves were freed in the United States, voters in five states will soon decide whether to close loopholes that led to the proliferation of a different…
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Benin bronzes go on last exhibition in Berlin before repatriation
Stolen during the colonial era, dozens of bronzes that once decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin in southern Nigeria will go on show for one last time in Berlin from…
Queen’s death accelerates ex-colonies’ push to ditch UK crown
The death of Queen Elizabeth II will accelerate the push by former UK colonies to ditch the British crown, experts and advocates have said, amid heightened anti-colonial sentiments…
Nigerian senator accused of organ harvesting attempt in UK
One of the two accused persons in the case is a former Nigerian deputy senate president.Two Nigerians, including a serving senator, have been charged with plotting to have a child…
Reparations could be ‘difference’ for unhoused Black Californians
Los Angeles, California, US – Theo Henderson, host and creator of the podcast We The Unhoused, was sitting in a park in Los Angeles when a nearby resident called police and around…
California unveils the US’s first slave reparations report
The recommendations include prison reforms, facilitated access to mortgages and free tuition to state universities.California’s task force on reparations for Black people in the…
Jamaicans call for reparations as British royal couple arrives
Jamaican activists, as well as prominent professors, politicians and other leaders, have rejected a visit by the duke and duchess of Cambridge, calling on the United Kingdom to…