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Minneapolis reaches $600K settlement with 12 injured during George Floyd protests

The city of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $600,000 as settlement to 12 protesters who sustained injuries during the protests that ensued following the 2020 killing of George Floyd, the American Civil Liberties...

Chris Kaba: Killing of Unarmed Black Man by UK Police Sparks Protests

Hundreds of protesters convened at the headquarters of London’s Metropolitan Police to demand justice for the death of an unarmed Black man who was shot and killed by police. As reported by Face2Face...

Protests at Oklahoma high school after student hands out ‘White privilege cards’

Students at the Charles Page High School in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, staged a protest last Wednesday to register their displeasure over another student handing out “White privilege cards.” According...

Minneapolis to pay $1.2M to people injured by police during George Floyd protests

Two civilians who got injured during the protests that ensued after the May 2020 death of George Floyd have reached a $1.2 million settlement with the City Council, The Associated Press reported. The aforementioned...

Prince William and Kate Middleton canceled visit to cocoa farm in Belize after colonialism protests

Prince William and Kate Middleton had to cancel a visit to a cocoa farm in Belize after villagers staged a protest about colonialism and the use of a local football field to land a helicopter that transported...

Protests in Sudan as military detains prime minister, dissolves government

Sudan’s military has placed Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest after taking him to an unknown location for his refusal to support a coup, the information ministry said. Members of Sudan’s...

Met Gala: Several arrested in protests outside fashion event

Several people were arrested Monday evening during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Met Gala in New York City. As the high fashion event took place inside New York City’s Metropolitan Museum...

Man who shot at Minneapolis cops during George Floyd protests acquitted

A 29-year-old man facing attempted murder and assault charges for opening fire at Minneapolis police officers during the protests that ensued after the death of George Floyd was acquitted of all the charges...

How this hip-hop song by Afro-Cubans inspired rare protests in Cuba

Thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets in rare protests over the collapse of the economy, price hikes, food and medicine shortages, and the government’s handling of the pandemic. Protesters...

Man who called Black neighbor ‘monkey’ and N-word arrested after protests. He says he was drunk

A White New Jersey man, who was arrested on Monday after he was caught on video hurling racial slurs at his neighbor during an altercation, is claiming he’s not a racist and he was under the influence...

Eswatini gov’t denies Africa’s last absolute monarch fled country amid protests

The government of Eswatini has denied reports that King Mswati III fled the country amid pro-democracy protests. SABC reported on Monday that the last-standing absolute monarch in Africa, King Mswati III,...

Protests as professor who led the ‘1619 Project’ is being denied tenure at UNC despite her qualifications

Protests have erupted against the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill after the school’s board of trustees denied Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Nicole Hannah-Jones tenure. The...

‘We are here to say no to the coup’: Protests as Mali’s military arrests president, prime minister

Just months after a military coup overthrew Mali’s previous leader, soldiers in the country have detained the president and prime minister of the interim government, the United Nations and African...

Amid protests, Sierra Leone sells rainforest to China for industrial harbor in $55m deal

Sierra Leone has sold 100 hectares of beach and protected rainforest to China to construct an industrial fishing harbor. The deal, said to be worth $55 million, was struck by the two countries amidst protest...

#FixTheCountry: Ghanaian government shaken by days of social media protests

Another testament to the ease with which common people can organize en masse via social media for the purposes of social and political impacts may be brewing in Ghana where for more than 48 hours, hundreds...

After years of protests, Italian TV station finally bans the wearing of Blackface on its screens

Italy’s national broadcasting company, RAI, has finally banned the wearing of blackface on its screens during programs after years of protests from Afro-Italians and activists who flat out labeled it...

Curfew imposed in Liberia as inmates escape prison amid violent protests

Liberia’s President George Weah has imposed a night-time curfew on the coastal county of Maryland after about 90 inmates broke jail amid violent demonstrations led by women. Thousands of residents...

Oregon police will no longer refer to police dog as ‘Lil Kim’ after protests

The Bend Police Department has announced it will no longer refer to a K9 as “Lil Kim” following community members registering their displeasure over its name as they deemed it offensive. According...

Protests in Namibia over gay man’s twins

Activists have hit the streets of Namibia ahead of a court ruling on whether a gay man can come back home from South Africa with his twin daughters, BBC reports. Namibian citizen Phillip Lühl is currently...

Protests erupt in Wales as 24-year-old Black man dies hours after release from custody

The police in Wales are investigating the death of a 24-year-old Black man who died hours after he was released from custody following his arrest at his Cardiff residence on Friday, December 8. According...