Activists in Belgium have targeted statues of King Leopold II in several cities as part of the Black Lives Matter protest movement sweeping from the United States and into European nations. Protest actions in Brussels, Antwerp and Ghent were among those focused on the statues, which commemorate a king whose…
France saw another round of anti-racism and police brutality rallies on Saturday, as protests that touched off in the United States after the May 25 death of an African American man in police custody continued to spread into other countries. The country’s interior ministry said more than 23,000 people gathered…
Germany’s Clemens Tönnies, board chairman of the FC Schalke 04 team in the popular Bundesliga football league, will step down from his role for three months as part of the response to allegations of racism following remarks he made about Africans last week. The club announced the decision after a…
Have you been targeted by hostile trolls on Twitter? You’re not alone, and if you’re a female politician or journalist the odds are you’ve already encountered the experience plenty of times. A study of 288,000 tweets sent to 778 such women in 2017 demonstrated a pattern of abuse that’s especially…
National Geographic magazine has devoted an April 2018 special issue to exploring race and racial history, in part as the United States honors the 50th anniversary of the death of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4. What’s getting a lot of attention, though, is the magazine’s own history…
The H&M stores in South Africa were closed at the weekend in the wake of violent attacks after a clothing ad featuring a young boy in a “monkey” hoodie was condemned for being racist and offensive. “H&M is aware of the recent events inside several of our South African stores. What…
Carrefour, the global retail giant based in suburban Paris, operates stores in more than 30 countries – but in Kenya, there’s one woman who won’t be welcomed back to any of their locations. That’s after a September 30 altercation in which a white woman reportedly made racist comments to other…
In Zambia, what began a month ago as a citizen’s complaint about a popular restaurant owner’s treatment of staff has escalated into a political drama that’s putting government officials at odds. It all started when Mwika Mwambazi planned a dinner celebration at the Horse Shoe restaurant in Lusaka, she says, and…