Haitian groups seek billions in reparations from France
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By Emma Farge and Catarina Demony, Reuters —
France should repay billions of dollars in reparations to Haiti to cover a debt...
The MAGA enemies list is growing, and so are the odds that you’re on...
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By Svante Myrick, The Hill —
As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a likely Trump nomination, I can’t help thinking...
Horatio Alger Association Announces Beacon of Hope Scholarship Program in Partnership with USCRI
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 21, 2024) – Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc., a nonprofit educational organization honoring the achievements of...
He led Brazil’s Black sailors in mutiny to resist abuse. A hundred years later...
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João Cândido and other navy sailors radicalised in England held Rio de Janeiro hostage in a revolt over corporal punishment.
By Tiago...
IOM Appeals for USD 119 Million for Rohingya Refugee Response in Bangladesh
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Geneva/Cox’s Bazar, 14 March – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is appealing for USD 119 million to support nearly a...
Gazans eating wild plants to survive
Their journey begins in the open fields every morning in search of these plants, which include cheeseweed - known locally as khubeezeh - which...
World News in Brief: Rights chief dismay over Uganda anti-LGBT law, Haiti update, aid...
In a statement, Volker Türk urged authorities in Kampala to repeal it in its entirety, together with other discriminatory legislation passed into law by...
UPDATING LIVE: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadan
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Resolution must be implemented: UN chief
Reacting immediately after the vote, Secretary-General António Guterres said on X that the long-awaited resolution must be implemented;...
World News in Brief: ‘Barbaric’ sexual violence in Sudan, Haiti’s transitional council in place,...
Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten together with Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator Joyce Msuya, said that more than a year into...
Hungry for data: Tackling food insecurity in rural Indonesia
“I was not aware that vegetables were that important or how to grow them,” said the 25-year-old farmer from Idas in West Kalimantan on...
Deadliest Year on Record for Migrants with Nearly 8,600 Deaths in 2023
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Geneva/ Berlin, 6 March – At least 8,565 people died on migration routes worldwide in 2023, making it the deadliest year...
As World Marks Health Day, Health Care Remains Inaccessible to Many Migrants: IOM Report
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Berlin/Geneva, 08 April – Only half of the countries worldwide assessed in a new report from the International Organization for Migration...
World News in Brief: Air travel boom erases COVID dip, ‘disturbing’ new anti-LGBT bill...
Civil aviation organization ICAO said that the numbers for the first quarter of 2024 indicate that airlines will sustain the return to profitability recorded...
Ukraine war: UNICEF highlights 40 per cent rise in children killed this year
Attacks that occurred between January and March left 25 children dead, including a two-month-old, said the agency. During the first three weeks of April,...
UN human rights chief urges states to act on slavery reparations
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By Emma Farge, Reuters —
The United Nations human rights chief called for countries to take concrete steps on reparations for people...
UN migration agency assists survivors of deadly shipwreck off Djibouti
The migrants were on a boat carrying at least 77 people from Ras al-Ara off Yemen’s coast which capsized off the coast of Djibouti,...
San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies
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By Janie Har, AP —
Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role...
Front Street host Charles Traylor discusses Haiti with Dr. Ron Daniels
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Aired March 30, 2024 on WVKO 1580 am in Youngstown, Ohio — Front Street host Charles Traylor is joined by special...
Conflict Drives Displacement Amidst Rising Climate Shocks: New Africa Migration Report
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Geneva/ Addis Ababa, 26 March – Conflict and violence remain the main drivers of displacement and movements in sub-Saharan Africa in...
One in Three Migrant Deaths Occurs En route While Fleeing Conflict: IOM Report
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Geneva/Berlin, 26 March – As the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) Missing Migrants Project marks its ten-year milestone, a new report...
Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war
“For the sake of the people of Gaza, for the sake of the hostages and their families in Israel and for the sake of...
From Desperation to Determination: Indonesian Trafficking Survivors Demand Justice
Rokaya needed time to recover after illness forced her to quit as a live-in maid in Malaysia and return home to Indramayu, West Java....
Reclaiming our history and humanity in struggle
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By Dr. Maulana Karenga —
Emerging and emergent conversations about our future as a people conducted in the community and academy in...
After a Year of War, Our Hearts Break for Sudan
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By Omer Omer and Eskinder Negash
Wars in Ukraine and Gaza have rightfully drawn the attention of the world to...
