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The chairman of the CARICOM Reparations Commission says the Caribbean and Africa Union have forged an enduring alliance, as Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama calls for historical truth, justice and economic emancipation.
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KINGSTON, Jamaica — Professor Sir Hilary Beckles has declared that CARICOM and Africa will “forever speak with one voice on reparations”, presenting the growing alliance between the Caribbean and the African continent as a permanent political commitment rather than a temporary diplomatic arrangement.
Sir Hilary made the powerful declaration on......
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“We Will Fight for Reparations — But We Will Not Wait”: Dr Umar Johnson Calls for Global Black Organisation in Brixton
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The Pan-African speaker used his keynote address at Brixton’s Afrikan Reparations Day rally to urge African-descended communities to organise across borders, finance their own institutions and pursue liberation without waiting for governments to deliver justice.
“We will fight for reparations — but we will not wait.”
It was the declaration that defined Dr Umar Johnson’s keynote address in Brixton: reparations must......
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Britain’s first Black woman MP has had the Labour whip restored following a second suspension. Her return closes another turbulent chapter in her relationship with the party, while restoring one of Parliament’s most persistent voices for victims of the Home Office Windrush scandal.
Diane Abbott has been formally readmitted to the Labour Party and has had the Labour whip restored in the House of Commons, ending more than a year in which the veteran Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP sat as an independent.
Labour said the decision followed a disciplinary process conducted under party rules and approved by......
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Andy Burnham has officially become the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister after meeting King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, where the King invited him to form a new government following the resignation of Sir Keir Starmer.
Burnham now becomes the seventh UK Prime Minister in just 10 years, highlighting a decade of political instability that has left many voters questioning whether Westminster can provide the long-term leadership the country needs.
The former Mayor of Greater Manchester enters Downing Street with a reputation for championing regional investment, social justice and greater......
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Two Jamaican nationals deported from the United States to St Kitts and Nevis under controversial third-country national agreement have reportedly decided to remain in the country.
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Jamaica’s Ministry of National Security confirmed that checks were conducted after it learned that two of its citizens had been sent to St Kitts and Nevis by the United States.
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According to a report by Television Jamaica, the ministry was subsequently advised that both individuals had chosen to remain in the......
The UK's first Windrush Commissioner has been given oversight of Windrush Schemes but no power to overturn Home Office decisions
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The Government has quietly changed the rules of the Windrush Compensation Scheme, replacing its former oversight figure, "The Independent Person" with Windrush Commissioner Reverend Clive Foster.
The amendment, published on 10 July, states that Foster will now “assure delivery” of the Scheme and may report to the Home Secretary and ministers across the devolved nations of UK.
However, the change gives him no power to decide on claims, overturn Home Office refusals or increase......
The Barbados Prime Minister delivered a blunt response after former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman suggested that former colonies should compensate Britain for its contribution to their development.
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CASTRIES, Saint Lucia: Barbados Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has sharply rejected remarks by former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman suggesting that former colonies should pay Britain for the “investment, effort and contribution” made during the colonial period.
Mottley was responding to a question during the closing press conference of the 51st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of......
New Commons Library Briefing says Windrush Compensation Scheme causes confusion and trauma
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A newly updated House of Commons Library briefing has put fresh attention on the Windrush Compensation Scheme, revealing that the Home Office has now paid out around £127 million to almost 4,000 claims, while hundreds of people are still waiting for an initial decision.
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The briefing, published just days before annual Windrush Day celebrations, focuses on the financial compensation scheme set up for people affected by the Windrush scandal, including those who were wrongly denied lawful status, employment,......
Saint Lucian and Kittitian nationals will now require visas to enter Ireland, ending a long-standing visa-free arrangement.
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The Government of Ireland has announced that nationals of Saint Lucia and Saint Kitts and Nevis will now require visas to travel to Ireland, ending a long-standing visa-free arrangement between the countries. The new requirements take effect on 15 June 2026 and will also apply to travellers transiting through Ireland on their way to another destination.
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Ireland's Minister of State for Migration, Colm Brophy, confirmed that citizens of Saint Lucia, Saint......
Hostile Climate Deepening Harm to Young People from Ethnic Minority Communities, Warns Race Equality Campaigners
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A leading race equality organisation has warned that a growing "hostile climate" is having a damaging impact on young people from ethnic minority communities across the UK, increasing feelings of exclusion, limiting opportunities, and undermining trust in public institutions.
Action for Race Equality (ARE), through its ARE Voices programme, says many young people from Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage backgrounds continue to face barriers in education, employment and wider society,......
