Many Black people in the U.S. cannot trace their ancestry because earlier generations of their family were enslaved. But an Illinois program is changing what’s possible and connecting long-lost family ...

Members of international society recently convened in Geneva, Switzerland, during the third official meeting of the United Nations (UN) Permanent Forum on People of African Descent. Held April 16-19 ...

Tension flared at a recent New York State reparations hearing as advocates for descendants of enslaved Americans clashed with ...

“Women of African descent have been the most oppressed and vulnerable group of women for 500 years; because of the exploitation, because of the building of an identity that was not ours, and a ...

Amnesty International voiced its support on Friday for a report issued by the UN Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (DDPA ...

The United Nations observed the International Day for People of African Descent on Sunday, with leaders urging the global community to advance justice, dignity, and equality. Secretary-General António ...

Addis Ababa, April 16, 2025 (ENA) – The calls for reparatory justice can no longer be ignored, speakers at the fourth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on African Descent in New York said ...

(Berlin, November 18, 2024) – Experts from the African continent and its global diasporas called on European governments to address their colonial past and ongoing impacts at the Dekoloniale Berlin ...

U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.-04) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-Calif.-37) are celebrating a significant milestone in the global fight for racial equity and justice. The United Nations General Assembly ...

In proclaiming this Decade, the international community is recognizing that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must be promoted and protected. Around 200 million ...

Hundreds of genetic variants can nudge someone’s risk of breast cancer up or down or towards a particular subtype. The studies identifying those gene variants, though, have largely involved people ...