Published on March 10, 2010, 6:29 am
News
Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women in developing countries are as much at risk of death in childbirth in 2010 as women were in the UK 100 years ago, a coalition of organisations said yesterday.
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Published on February 9, 2010, 5:05 pm
News
In a landmark decision, an African regional body has found the Kenyan government guilty of violating the rights of the country's indigenous Endorois community, by evicting them from their lands to make way for a wildlife reserve.
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Published on February 2, 2010, 1:29 pm
News
The mental health advocacy group, Black Mental Health UK (BMHUK) has launched a new online petition calling on the Government to address the discriminatory way the DNA database is currently used within the Crime and Security Bill.
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Published on January 24, 2010, 8:10 am
Opinion
Eleven days ago the world learnt that Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7 earthquake. Images of rubble and the corrugated iron of former buildings including the presidential palace have been screened relentlessly since then, along with shots of white body bags, possibly containing government ministers who might have perished.
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Published on January 22, 2010, 6:30 am
Features
In 2008, 20 Haitians residing in the UK came together and formed the charity, United Haitians in the UK (UHUK) to raise funds to rebuild schools destroyed during the hurricane season. Little did they know that two years later they would become the voice of their nation and ambassadors in the UK at such a critical ...read more

Published on December 12, 2009, 9:35 am
News
Thousands of people took to the streets in the Danish capital On Saturday to demonstrate against climate change.
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Published on November 10, 2009, 11:10 am
Opinion
Criminals have been criticised for seeking protection under the Human Rights Act, but the couple who tried to use it to justify disturbing their neighbours by noisily grunting at up to 47 decibels during lovemaking sessions takes the biscuit.
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Published on November 6, 2009, 8:18 am
News
EU countries should separate themselves from the US in order to save a major climate deal that has been two years in the making, Oxfam International says.
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Published on October 3, 2009, 12:00 am
Features
The social care system has been under a great deal of scrutiny over the past few years for its misjudgement and overlooked warnings of child neglect & abuse.
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Published on August 7, 2009, 12:00 am
Opinion
With International Day for the World's Indigenous Peoples fast approaching on August 9, my thoughts have turned to Kenya and my memorable trip to Lakipia District in March 2007.
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Published on May 21, 2009, 8:59 am
News
Contact Point, the central database established by the government to improve child safety has been met with concern by human rights organisations following its launch this week.
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Published on May 13, 2009, 3:18 am
Features
The call- up of the first black athlete to China's fiercely competitive national volleyball team has been greeted with excitement, but behind the elation lurks disconcerting levels of racism.
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Published on April 18, 2009, 3:15 pm
Features
In my book Layers of Blackness: Colourism in the African Diaspora, which examines how the process of discrimination based on skin tone has evolved from slavery and colonialism; chapter five analyzes the system of pigmentocracy in Latin America.
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Published on April 17, 2009, 1:01 pm
News
During the three days that eight of the world's richest countries will meet to discuss the food crisis, 75,000 people will die of hunger in the world's poorest countries, Oxfam, said today.
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Published on April 10, 2009, 11:36 am
Opinion
I am full of admiration and respect for Iris Josiah, a whistle blower who put her neck on the line by speaking out against injustice in our so- called system of criminal justice in the UK. The black magistrate chose to speak out against racism in the sentencing of black defendants and for her integrity was ...read more

Published on April 7, 2009, 12:55 pm
News
The humanitarian crisis in DR Congo is as severe as it was in late 2008, international agency Oxfam said today (7 April 2009) as it announced that it was significantly scaling up its emergency response to reach an additional 150,000 people displaced across swathes of North Kivu and South Kivu in eastern DR Congo.
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Published on April 1, 2009, 10:02 am
News
Over 200 African and Arab migrants are feared drowned after three boats, bound for Europe sank in the Mediterranean in separate incidents.
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Published on March 28, 2009, 4:45 pm
News
Women who are victims of rape are frequently let down by the criminal justice system, according to a rape support organisation
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