A jury convicts Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd

France promulgated a law enabling the restitution of twenty-six works from Abomey to Benin and a sabre with its scabbard to Senegal. The measure created exceptions to the inalienability of public...

President Joe Biden issued Proclamation 10141 revoking several nationality-based entry restrictions widely challenged as Muslim and African bans. The action responded to a policy that had separated...

Brazil's Supreme Federal Court concluded its virtual session ordering a national COVID-19 response for quilombola communities, including community participation. CONAQ and allied parties had brought...

Shootings at Atlanta-area spas killed eight people, including six Asian women. Stop AAPI Hate responded amid rising reports of anti-Asian hostility. Community organizing connected safety with the...

Evanston's City Council approved a programme directing an initial allocation of reparations funding toward housing assistance for eligible Black residents. The measure linked repair to...

Foreign Minister Heiko Maas announced that Germany would recognize the colonial killings of the Herero and Nama as genocide and seek forgiveness. He announced a reconstruction and development...

Four members of the Afzaal family were killed when a driver struck them during an evening walk in London, Ontario. The attack generated community mourning and demands for action against...

The Juneteenth National Independence Day Act was signed into law, recognizing 19 June as a federal public holiday. The measure gave national status to a commemoration sustained by Black communities....

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act received royal assent. It required measures to align federal laws with the declaration and an action plan developed in...

The UN human-rights office released a report calling for transformative action against systemic racism affecting Africans and people of African descent. It connected policing, accountability and...