NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Rutgers University’s decision to reject caste as a separate protected category under its anti-discrimination policies, the advocacy group CasteFiles hailed as a “mature ...

Ghana’s President, John Dramani Mahama, has expressed worry about the growing insurgency in the West African sub-region and the Sahel that had endangered the lives of its citizens. He says the issue, ...

The notice follows a complaint from an IIT-Bombay alumnus alleging discriminatory practices against Scheduled Caste students during campus placements The National Commission for Scheduled Castes ...

WEST AFRICA has long been a source of booze. In Yoruba mythology Obatala, a deity sent to create humans, stumbled on palm wine and fell into a drunken slumber before completing the task.

South African rescuers ended their attempts on Thursday to find anyone left in an illegal gold mine where at least 78 people died during a police siege, as a local volunteer described the horror ...

In the heart of West Africa lies a treasure that has woven communities together for centuries: cotton. This humble fibre has travelled from the fields of dedicated farmers to global fashion runways, ...

It comes as the force launches a new artificial intelligence (AI) call handling system. The force said last month its operators answered 96.7 per cent of its 58,000 999 calls in under 10 seconds ...

The central banks of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro have agreed to create a cross-border instant payments system. In a statement, the four central banks said ...

Many African stars have achieved international and club success, making a significant impact on the global football stage. Modern African players like Mohamed Salah and Samuel Eto'o have left a ...

Alima Taal, a senior rights expert of the Global Forum of Communities Discriminated on Work and Descent recently presented a report on caste and descent ... and descent in Africa, Asia, Europe ...

a director with the Institute of West Asian and African Studies under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times on Sunday. According to the plan, China and Africa will in the ...

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