African-American George Floyd

Former policeman found guilty of Floyd’s murder

Reading Time: 2 minutes Derek Chauvin, a white former Minneapolis police officer, was convicted Tuesday of murdering African-American George Floyd after a racially charged […]

Black Americans should prove their mettle

Reading Time: 3 minutes Ever since the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd while in police custody for suspected fraud outside a shop in Minneapolis, […]

Viewpoint from Sudan: Where black people are called slaves

Reading Time: 5 minutes In our series of Letters from African journalists, Zeinab Mohammed Salih writes about the horrific racial abuse black people experience […]

Olat, the ex Daadab refugee seeking to make change in Minneapolis

Reading Time: 5 minutes Suud Olat was barely a few months old when his family sought refuge at the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya […]

We must not allow racism to drive us apart

Reading Time: 3 minutes Patricia Scotland        Today I received a message from a parent. Her nine-year-old son, Oscar, had been sitting […]

Democratic US presidential candidate Biden: Floyd will change the world

Reading Time: 2 minutes Houston, Tuesday Democratic US presidential candidate Joe Biden has said the late George Floyd will “change the world”. Following a […]

Violence erupts across US on the sixth day of protests

Reading Time: 2 minutes Washington, Monday Violence has erupted in cities across the US on the sixth night of protests sparked by the death […]