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GHANA: Dumping ground for used gadgets
At one of the many busy roadside shops in the capital, Accra, John Nuagbe displays the used, rusty and mostly broken electrical gadgets he recently imported from the USA.
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New technology to help young people tackle climate change and environmental issues
A ground-breaking schools project to raise awareness of climate change among young people using the latest communications technologies has launched in Liverpool.
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Pets’ way to beat the credit crunch
A report commissioned by the charity Dogs Trust last week finds that over 75% of dogs are banned from private rental properties.
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House of Commons to highlight impact of national criminal DNA Database
Despite Home Office findings that African Caribbean people are less likely to commit a crime, figures show that 77% of people on the national criminal DNA database are African Caribbean compared with 9% of Asians and just 6% of the whites.
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National search for role models to inspire our boys
A major national search to recruit male role models was launched on Tuesday calling for motivational Black and mixed heritage men to take a lead in inspiring the next generation of Black boys to achieve and succeed.
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Medical school admissions and career prospects must improve
In his Annual Report published 14 July, the Chief Medical Officer, Sir Liam Donaldson, called for a series of measures to tackle racism against GPs and doctors.
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South Africa: WANTED - 4,000 doctors
With more South African doctors now working abroad than in the country's ailing public health sector, the government needs to start aggressively recruiting health workers from other countries.
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Jamaica to implement new and stricter crime fighting measures
Prime Minister Bruce Golding has scheduled consultations with the Police Federation following which the Jamaican government will implement new measures to bring the escalating crime situation under control.
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Rev. Jackson loses marbles over Senator Obama
Rev. Jesse Jackson this week made a vulgar, supposedly hot-mic, criticism of US presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama demonstrating the veteran's bitterness that a young upstart is heading for the White House.
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Slamming poetry
The final of the sixth annual London Teenage Poetry SLAM gave the talented young participants a chance to show off the writing performance skills they have developed through the course of the six-month long project.
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Britain's Foreign Affairs Committee publishes report on Caribbean territories
Britain’s Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) published its much-anticipated report on the British Overseas Territories on Sunday, 6 July. The FAC examines the administration, expenditure and policy of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Food aid promised to drought-ridden Ethiopia, hit by soaring food prices
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is expanding operations to reach 4.6 million people in Ethiopia with emergency food assistance, in response to the government's urgent appeal for food and nutrition assistance to avoid hunger-related deaths i
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Mbeki calls for a transitional government in Zimbabwe
South African President Thabo Mbeki, who has been the southern African region's appointed Zimbabwe mediator for a year, is now calling for a transitional government.
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Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Week to be held in London from 7-13 July
Ethnic Minority Cancer Awareness Week is a collaborative event organised by leading charities to raise awareness of cancer among black and minority ethnic groups, which will take place from July 7-13.
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Denial of urgent antenatal care at Yarlswood led to miscarriage, protestors claim
Pregnant women at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Detention Centre are demanding an independent investigation into the treatment of expectant mothers, who they allege have been denied vital antenatal care, resulting in one case, in a miscarriage.
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10,000 Londoners at risk of measles epidemic
Londoners are at risk of a measles epidemic which could affect more than 10,000 people, London Assembly members were warned on Monday.
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Presidential run-off election in Zimbabwe is a low key event
Voting started at a slow pace on Friday in the capital, Harare, as Zimbabweans cast their ballots in a presidential run-off election boycotted by the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
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Learning grant helps young Hackney woman pursue a career in the hotel industry
It's been a year since the introduction of the Adult Learning Grant (ALG), which offers people aged 19 and over up to £30 per week to go back to or continue in learning. Fatou Gaye, from Hackney used the ALG to keep her career plans on track.
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Simpler visa rules for sportspeople and entertainers coming to the UK
Professional sports people and entertainers will find it less cumbersome to obtain a visa to travel to the UK under new rules introduced by the Home Office.
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Women’s action group welcomes UN acknowledgement of rape as a weapon of war
The UN resolution to classify rape as a weapon of war is a victory for the thousands of individual rape survivors and organisations that have campaigned for official recognition of rape as torture and persecution.
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