Around 200 million people who identify themselves as being of African descent live in the Americas. Many millions more live in other parts of the world, outside of the African continent.

I urge States to take concrete steps, with the full participation of people of African descent and their communities, to tackle old and new forms of racial discrimination; and to dismantle ...

I think that the first tasks of people of African descent, whether in the United States or in Africa or elsewhere, is to get rid of this slave name, Negro. - This curious word Negro was seldom or ...

a trait found predominantly in people of African or Middle Eastern descent, researchers report in a new study. Many clinical trials of new cancer drugs may be inappropriately excluding some people ...

The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to "vanquish racism and discrimination" towards people of African descent, in his message marking the international day highlighting the diaspora.

Top media professionals, political and business leaders, diplomats, scholars, activists, and other key stakeholders will ...

As we mark the International Day for People of African Descent for 2024, ESSENCE sat down with Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), for a timely ...

The CARICOM Reparations Commission (CRC) has issued a strong call for the United Nations to observe a Second International Decade for People of African Descent, as the current Decade comes to an end ...

Nova Scotia RCMP delivered a public apology on Saturday to African Nova Scotians and all people of African descent for ...

Ph.D. candidate Elysia Petras and archaeologist Dr. Brandi MacDonald recently discovered 15 shards of Afro-Caribbean pottery ...

Researchers from Dana-Farber and Queens College in London examined participation criteria for 289 major phase III trials of drugs for the five most prevalent cancers in the United States and United ...