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São Tomé & Príncipe to host the Ubuntu Awakening Summit this August

April 30, 2025

The Central African island country of São Tomé and Príncipe is hosting the second annual Ubuntu Awakening Summit from 7th to 14th August, 2025 at the University of São Tomé & Príncipe in São Tomé. The event is being organize by Umoja Generational Wealth (UGW), the global community for African and African Diaspora entrepreneurs, business owners and professionals.

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Africa’s coffee culture comes home

April 19, 2025

GENEVA, Switzerland — South Africa, Uganda and Kenya topped the podium at this year’s Africa Barista Championship. But the real winner at this year’s Africa Barista Championship was African coffee culture itself.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) crisis: Children subjected to deliberate, systemic sexual violence

April 13, 2025

Stigma, fear, and insecurity means many cases go unreported, creating a hidden epidemic of sexual violence that should “shake us to our core”

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Dutch sculptor to create Windrush Generation sculpure in Central London

April 6, 2025

Dutch sculptor Nelson Carrilho has been granted the commission to erect a permanent art structure in Central London, that will celebrate the Windrush generation, a community of economic migrants from the Caribbean who relocated to the U.K. after the Second World War ended in 1945.

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UN experts: Suriname must listen to and act upon the concerns of people of African descent

April 5, 2025

UN experts* today urged the Government of Suriname to address structural discrimination and underlying forms of racism rooted in the legacies of enslavement of people of African descent and colonialism.

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Basketball Africa League Season Tipping off

April 5, 2025

DAKAR, Senegal –The Basketball Africa League (BAL) announced that 156 players from a record 28 countries across five continents will compete in the league’s milestone fifth season, which will tip off on Saturday, April 5 at the Prince Moulay Abdellah Sports Complex in Rabat, Morocco.

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UN calls, Afro-community speaks: The Netherlands must deliver now in the Second UN Decade

April 1, 2025

Call to policymakers: from apologies to structural reparatory policies with Afro-professionals at the table.