The 4th Session of the Permanent Forum on People of African Descent serves as a platform for advocacy for the improvement of the lives and livelihoods of people of African descent. In 2025, Ambassador ...

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 ...

“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 ...

The International Independent Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement on Thursday found that racism against individuals of African descent in Colombia is still deeply ...

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 ...

When and how was it determined that there needed to be a Second International Decade for People of African Descent (2025–2034) immediately following the first International Decade (2015–2024)? In 2013 ...

Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has been named to the prestigious Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) Global Top 100 Travel, Tourism & Hospitality Edition – Class of 2026. According ...

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 ...

Many clinical trials of new cancer drugs may be inappropriately excluding some people with Duffy-null phenotype, a trait found predominantly in people of African or Middle Eastern descent, researchers ...