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An estimated 8.2 percent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022. However, progress was not consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most subregions of Africa and western Asia, according to this year’s The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report published today by five specialized agencies of the United Nations.

A number of activists and researchers in the reparations movement from across the Caribbean region have hailed two successful days of constructive engagements with EU and UK political representatives on the issue of slavery reparations.

KAMPALA, Uganda — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged the Ugandan diaspora to invest back home and also use their global exposure, networks and influence to attract more tourists to visit Uganda.

OSLO, Norway — Cameroon is now the world’s most neglected displacement crisis, according to a new report from the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC). Decision makers must recognise that displacement isn’t a distant crisis; it’s a shared responsibility which cannot be ignored. The annual list of neglected displacement crises is based on three criteria: lack of […]

The Black International Cinema Berlin 2025 celebrates its 40th edition – a remarkable milestone for a festival internationally recognized for its longstanding commitment to intercultural dialogue, social awareness, and artistic diversity.

Three weeks in, and the verdict is clear: the African Diaspora Studies Short Course at the Broos Institute is more than an academic experience; it’s an awakening. Led by Ghanaian scholar and decolonial thinker Dr. Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie, the course is sparking critical conversations, reshaping understandings of identity and history, and disrupting long-held Eurocentric frameworks.

Internationally renowned artist Ekow Nimako will open a new temporary exhibition at Wereldmuseum Amsterdam on October 31, featuring a monumental Afrofuturist artwork constructed from one million black LEGO® bricks: Building Black Civilizations – The Nile 3025 CE. This new and largest architectural piece to date also marks Nimako’s Dutch premiere.

A new museum is emerging in Puerto Rico, what we now know as Casa Silvana, a self-managed cultural model, which reopens as the Museo Afro Casa Silvana (MACAS) in response to the lack of an Afro museum on the island. It thus becomes the only museum in Puerto Rico dedicated exclusively to the collection, exhibition, and study of Afro-descendant art.

The Broos Institute this month launches the short course Africa and diaspora studies. “A unique opportunity for students, professionals, and anyone interested to learn directly from an African professor about topics that in the Netherlands are often approached from a Western perspective,” the institute said in a statement.

NEW YORK, United States of America — On the International Day for People of African Descent, celebrated each year on 31 August, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for justice, dignity and equality for people of African descent around the world.