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June 2006

• A man says sorry to Africans for his slaver ancestor's deeds (BBC 23/6/2006)
• Courts must deal effectively with race hate crimes to deter racist aggressors (Black Britain 23/6/2006)
• Mugabe anger at church criticism (BBC 23/6/2006)
• Jamaica urged to act against rape (BBC 22/6/2006)
• World Cup: Ghana boss praises 'historic' win (BBC 22/6/2006)
• Race attack victim wants to die (BBC 22/6/2006)
• Upcoming conference on working with young black people aims to challenge stereotypes (Black Britain 22/6/2006)
• Renaissance of black self-organsation within the Labour Party (Blink 21/6/2006)
• Liberia: Charles Taylor Transferred to The Hague (AllAfrica 21/6/2006)
• Trade unions eager to forge ties with black communities to fight racism (Black Britain 20/6/2006)
• Woman is jailed for infecting lover with HIV (The Independent 20/6/2006)
• New black & minority ethnic education network being launched to take on the policy makers (Black Britain 19/6/2006)
• World Cup: Czech Republic 0-2 Ghana (BBC Sport 17/6/2006)
• Campaign launched to address racism in schools and under-achievement of black pupils (Black Britain 16/6/2006)
• Call to help black pupils achieve (BBC 16/6/2006)
• How inclusion fails black children (The Voice 16/6/2006)
• Soweto mothers march to remember (BBC 16/6/2006)
• S Africa marking Soweto uprising (BBC 16/6/2006)
• National Men's Health Week: Mental Health: Does cannabis and alcohol cause schizophrenia in black men? (Black Britain 16/6/2006)
• World Cup: England's blushes spared against brave Trinidad & Tobago (Caribbean Net News 16/6/2006)
• New guide on prostate cancer aims to raise awareness on increased risk to black men (Black Britain 15/6/2006)
• UK agrees to jail Charles Taylor (BBC 15/6/2006)
• PanAfrica: One Billion Tonnes of Southern Emissions to Be Cut By 2012 (AllAfrica 14/6/2006)
• National Men's Health Week: Mental Health: The black man's experience in the mental health system (Black Britain 14/6/2006)
• USA discover race link to breast cancer but UK still lacking data on ethnicity of sufferers (Black Britain 13/6/2006)
• World Cup: I can die happy, says Trinidad keeper Hislop (Caribbean Net News 13/6/2006)
• Get a handle on the knife problem. Another teenager stabbed to death (The Voice 12/6/2006)
• Another parent mourns ‘a good boy’ (The Voice 12/6/2006)
• National Men's Health Week: Mental Health: The Black Perspective (Black Britain 12/6/2006)
• National Men's Health Week: Mental Health: Why black men opt to suffer in silence with emotional stress (Black Britain 12/6/2006)
• Women have crucial role to play in reducing high rate of HIV among Africans in the UK (Black Britain 12/6/2006)
• Hip Hop Women Recount Abuse at Their Own Risk (Women's eNews 11/6/2006)
• Athletics: Powell equals 100m world record (BBC Caribbean 11/6/2006)
• Sudan accused of 'exporting war' (BBC 11/6/2006)
• Mandela, the statue without a home (The Independent 11/6/2006)
• World Cup: Limited TT hold Sweden in check (BBC Caribbean 10/6/2006)
• Zimbabwe's inflation steams ahead (BBC 9/6/2006)
• Cultural identity issues and racism to blame for black Caribbean pupil's lack of progress (Black Britain 9/6/2006)
• UK pressed to jail Charles Taylor (BBC 9/6/2006)
• World Cup: Football Fever has gripped Trinidad and Tobago (Caribbean Times 9/6/2006)
• World Cup: Trinidad's Hislop ready to wait for World Cup chance (Caribbean Net News 9/6/2006)
• World Cup: Togo's fans angry at visa denial (BBC 9/6/2006)
• Haiti rejoins Caribbean Community (Caribbean Net News 9/6/2006)
• Athletics: Veteran Ottey claims comeback win at 46 (BBC Caribbean 9/6/2006)
• It's official: East Germany is no-go area for Black fans (Blink 8/6/2006)
• PanAfrica: Nations Wary of Closer Embrace With US (AllAfrica 8/6/2006)
• Obituary: Billy Preston - Soulful sideman to the Beatles and the Stones who earned solo fame (The Guardian 8/6/2006)
• Keyboard hero Billy Preston dies (BBC 7/6/2006)
• Charity investigated over advert encouraging writing by BME youth (The Voice 7/6/2006)
• World Cup Warm Up: England outclass Jamaica (Caribbean Net News 5/6/2006)
• Czechs beat Trinidad & Tobago 3-0 in friendly (Caribbean Net News 5/6/2006)
• Gospel Music is at an all time high in the UK (Blink 5/6/2006)
• Athletics: Ethiopian sets record (BBC 4/6/2006)
• Germany "safe for Black soccer fans" (Blink 1/6/2006)

May 2006

• Germany "safe for Black soccer fans" (Blink 1/6/2006)
• BBC pressed on racial equality targets (The Guardian 31/5/2006)
• British Black Music Month begins with Omar Workshop (Black Britain 31/5/2006)
• UN Security Council must permit use of force to protect civilians in Darfur (Black Britain 31/5/2006)
• Who is to blame for black on black youth crime? (Black Britain 30/5/2006)
• Somalis' struggle in the UK (BBC 30/5/2006)
• East Africa: Region Leads the Way As Continent Hooks Up to the Web (AllAfrica 30/5/2006)
• Africa cannot catch up until the west keeps to its deal (The Guardian 29/5/2006)
• Wales defeat Trinidad in World Cup warm up match (Caribbean Net News 29/5/2006)
• Kenyan public smoking ban starts (BBC 29/5/2006)
• Liberia's 'Iron Lady' visiting UK (BBC 29/5/2006)
• Real Hotel Rwanda manager urges action in Darfur (The Guardian 29/5/2006)
• Obituary: Desmond Dekker - Jamaican singer helped launch career of Bob Marley (The Guardian 27/5/2006)
• Reggae star Dekker dies at 64 (The Guardian 27/5/2006)
• Obituary: Desmond Dekker (BBC 26/5/2006)
• Reggae legend Desmond Dekker dies (BBC 26/5/2006)
• Row between 2 black politicians draws dividing line between Africans & West Indians in the UK (BBC Caribbean 26/5/2006)
• Black British author scoops book award for portraying children’s emotional dilemmas from a black perspective (Black Britain 26/5/2006)
• Kenya: Economy Booms As Growth Sets 10-Year Record (AllAfrica 26/5/2006)
• Witnesses see things differently at Mikey Powell trial (Blink 26/5/2006)
• 'My Bro Wasn't Violent’: Sister of Mikey Powell rebuffs police defence claims (The Voice 24/5/2006)
• No breakthrough yet in Alaneme murder inquiry (Blink 24/5/2006)
• Baseball honours 'Negro' stars at last (BBC 24/5/2006)
• Pressure to smash glass ceilings preventing Black members from becoming MPs (Blink 24/5/2006)
• Tutu regrets Zuma's trial legacy (BBC 24/5/2006)
• Rappers outraged by government advisor’s condemnation of rap music as “offensive and horrible” (Blink 24/5/2006)
• How the health department messed up a mental health consultation (Blink 24/5/2006)
• PanAfrica: Despite Debt Relief, Poor Nations Back in the Red (AllAfrica 23/5/2006)
• Court hears of excessive restraint against custody death man (Blink 23/5/2006)
• New guide may improve support services for families of black disabled children (Black Britain 23/5/2006)
• Cricket: Sarwan hands Windies dramatic win (BBC 23/5/2006)
• How Katherine Dunham Revealed Black Dance to the World (NY Times 23/5/2006)
• PanAfrica: Continent Asserts Its Collective Power At UN (AllAfrica 22/5/2006)
• Black men, Pakistani women fare worst in the UK job market (The Voice 22/5/2006)
• Black academics ready to tear down the racist walls of British universities (Black Britain 22/5/2006)
• India and China 'to boost Africa' (BBC 22/5/2006)
• Race riot killers jailed for life (The Guardian 22/5/2006)
• Shaka Zulu's brutality was exaggerated, says new book (The Guardian 22/5/2006)
• Oprah Winfrey book deal tops Clinton's $12m (The Guardian 22/5/2006)
• Youth charged with Kiyan murder (BBC 21/5/2006)
• On This Day: 1961: Freedom Riders spark Montgomery riots (BBC 21/5/2006)
• New Orleans re-elects Mayor Nagin (BBC 21/5/2006)
• Arsenal rejected £50m Henry bids (BBC 21/5/2006)
• Tony Blair is urging big business to do more to help save Africa from Aids (The Observer 21/5/2006)
• Nurse exodus leaves Kenya in crisis (The Observer 21/5/2006)
• Cricket: West Indies claim one-run victory over India (BBC Sport 20/5/2006)
• Bristol residents want city to apologise for its huge role in slave trade (The Voice 19/5/2006)
• Black and Asian fans told to ignore World Cup warnings (The Guardian 19/5/2006)
• Nigerians arrested at UK ministry (BBC 19/5/2006)
• Damilola accused brothers named (BBC 18/5/2006)
• The Harder They Come smashes box office records (The Voice 18/5/2006)
• 110,000 children in Sub-Saharan Africa to walk against hunger in May (Black Britain 18/5/2006)
• Athletics: Powell gets back world record but shares it with Gatlin (Caribbean Net News 18/5/2006)
• Publishers fail to sign black and Asian poets (The Guardian 17/5/2006)
• Book publishing apprentice scheme aims to promote black writing in the West Midlands (Black Britain 17/5/2006)
• Toxteth area of Merseyside was celebrating after winning its first official Black radio station (Blink 17/5/2006)
• UK to give £20 million to AU Mission in Sudan (Black Britain 17/5/2006)
• Columbus' legacy haunts the New World (Caribbean Net News 17/5/2006)
• Wailer with 52 children waits in vain for Marley's millions (The Guardian 16/5/2006)
• African growth prospects improve (BBC 16/5/2006)
• Nigerian-born Professor of Engineering becomes first African to receive prestigious award (Black Britain 16/5/2006)
• The woman who has the power to change Africa (The Independent 16/5/2006)
• SA's Zuma acquitted for rape but now facing corruption trial (The Voice 16/5/2006)
• Football: England vs Jamaica is a sell-out leaving thousands of fans struggling to find tickets (The Voice 16/5/2006)
• Queen should say sorry for slavery (New Nation 15/5/2006)
• Pay tribute to the late Lynden (New Nation 15/5/2006)
• Africa climate change 'could kill millions' (The Guardian 15/5/2006)
• PanAfrica: 72 Percent of Urban Dwellers Live in Slums, Says UN Official (AllAfrica 15/5/2006)
• New anthem to rally West Indian spirits (BBC Caribbean 15/5/2006)
• Pele returns to Britain on a sell-out book tour (The Observer 14/5/2006)
• USA: Desperate Republicans chase the black vote (The Observer 14/5/2006)
• Zulu virgins fight war of traditions (The Observer 14/5/2006)
• Mikey Powell died in police van, court told (Blink 12/5/2006)
• African Union parliament 'broke' (BBC 12/5/2006)
• Zimbabwe's inflation tops 1,000% (BBC 12/5/2006)
• Football World Cup's smallest team: Trinidad and Tobago (BBC Caribbean 11/5/2006)
• Slavery: Is it time for an apology? (The Independent 11/5/2006)
• Toddler’s racist tendencies influenced by society, says voluntary organisation (Black Britain 10/5/2006)
• Mother of race-killing victim tells of her loss and anguish (The Independent 10/5/2006)
• Local election results show black voters mean business (Black Britain 9/5/2006)
• Pride Magazine is celebrating 15 years on the news stands (Blink 9/5/2006)
• Football World Cup: Walcott & Lennon in England squad (BBC 8/5/2006)
• Football World Cup: Trinidad and Tobago's 'Soca Warriors' ready to rumble (Caribbean Net News 8/5/2006)
• Barbados economy achieves unprecedented growth (Caribbean Net News 8/5/2006)
• Black school exclusions – How 198 Gallery turns failure into success (Black Britain 8/5/2006)
• S Africa's Zuma cleared of rape (BBC 8/5/2006)
• Trial of 10 police officers charged in connection with the death of Mikey Powell begins in Leicester (Blink 7/5/2006)
• Bristol agonises over slavery apology (The Observer 7/5/3006)
• Children as young as three may already be racists, says Ouseley (The Independent 7/5/2006)
• BNP reaps reward of targeting boroughs (The Independent 6/5/2006)
• 'BNP played on prejudices with lies' (The Independent 6/5/2006)
• Will BNP election gains last? (BBC 5/5/2006)
• BNP: We're on our way (The Independent 5/5/2006)
• BNP thanks Labour minister for publicity (The Guardian 5/5/3006)
• Congo's tragedy: the war the world forgot (The Independent 5/5/2006)
• Guinea Bissau: Famine Warning Issued in South (AllAfrica 5/5/2006)
• Why it takes a television series to draw attention to a real-life human drama (The Guardian 5/5/3006)
• Sudan: UN rights chief paints grim picture of worsening Darfur crisis (UN News Centre 5/5/2006)
• UN-backed fund launched to help Africa preserve cultural and natural heritage (UN News Centre 5/5/2006)
• Forget the statistics, black entrepreneurs are doing well despite the odds, says Yearwood (Black Britain 5/5/2006)
• Obituary: Earl Woods - Father and teacher of Tiger Woods, whose golfing genius he spotted at an early age (The Guardian 5/5/3006)
• Bad night for Black representation (Blink 4/5/2006)
• Forum aims to correct distorted images of enslavement & to tell true story of resistance in 07 (Black Britain 4/5/2006)
• Tory leader says he wants more powerful voice for UK's BMEs (The Voice 4/5/2006)
• Football Association encouraging black support for the national team (The Voice 4/5/2006)
• South Africa: First Schools Get Connected to a New World of Learning (AllAfrica 4/5/2006)
• Top UN humanitarian aid official sounds alarm over world inaction on Darfur (UN News Centre 4/5/2006)
• Panadol given to Zimbabwe's Aids patients as life-saving drugs run out (The Independent 4/5/2006)
• Obituary: Tsegaye Gebre-Medhin: Ethiopia's poet and playwright of the common people (The Guardian 3/5/2006)
• Council of Black-led Churches pleads for black citizens to flex their political muscles on May 4 (Black Britain 3/5/2006)
• New arrest in Chris Alaneme murder case (Blink 3/5/2006)
• 50,000 converged on London's Trafalgar Square for a Love Music Hate Racism event (Blink 3/5/2006)
• Nigerian PhD student wins final of International Student Awards (Black Britain 3/5/2006)
• Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatens opposition with "fire and death" (The Voice 3/5/2006)
• New book claims that colonial Britain was anything but fair to Kenya's Masai people (The Guardian 3/5/2006)
• Mandela 'murder plotters' escape (BBC 3/5/2006)
• Darfur crisis puts Sudan top of 'failed states' list (The Independent 3/5/2006)
• Secret services target BMEs to protect the UK (The Voice 2/5/2006)
• Cameroon sees $5bn debt erased (BBC 2/5/2006)
• Somali boy executes dad's killer (BBC 2/5/2006)
• New study confirms odds are stacked against black people making it in film & TV industry (Black Britain 2/5/2006)
• Family of Brian Douglas prepare for twelfth vigil since he died in police custody (Black Britain 2/5/2006)
• Sudan: Despite Ongoing Peace Talks, Violence Worsens in Darfur (AllAfrica 1/5/2006)
• White 'ingratitude' worries Tutu (BBC 1/5/2006)
• DR Congo: Elections to Be Held On 30 July (AllAfrica 1/5/2006)
• African tribe descends on Newcastle for wedding rite (The Independent 1/5/2006)

Apr 2006

First Female PM for Jamaica - Guyanese singing legend Sol Raye dies - Zuma rape case continues - Black women face a double discrimination at work - Man cleared over Damilola murder - Charles Taylor in UN court - 25 Years after Brixton Riots - FIFA racism crackdown - Zimbabweans have 'shortest lives' - Bill Morris becomes life peer - First black TV anchor an inspiration in France - Muhammad Ali sells rights to name - June Pointer dies - Africa still suffers but SA booming - Warning on Darfur crises continue - Nigeria to pay off its debt - Civil Rights Author Florence Mars Dies - Christopher Alaneme murdered

• SA: Life imitates art as thief (tsotsi) returns stolen baby (The Guardian 28/4/2006)
• George Clooney urges action as Sudanese aircraft attack villages in Darfur (The Independent 27/4/2006)
• Black people are 'four times more likely to be murdered' (The Independent 27/4/2006)
• Police chief vows to bring racist killers to book (The Independent 27/4/2006)
• Rapper Snoop Dogg freed on bail (BBC 27/4/2006)
• South Africa's latest precious export - the art of Gerard Sekoto (The Independent 27/4/2006)
• Low numbers of British African-Caribbeans entering medical profession must be tackled at various levels (Black Britain 27/4/2006)
• Cricket: Lara regains West Indies captaincy (Caribbean Net News 27/4/2006)
• In Jamaica, where politicians are openly homophobic & song lyrics incite violence against gay people, coming out can be fatal (The Guardian 27/4/2006)
• Unite Against Fascism action against the BNP (Blink 27/4/2006)
• British government accused of freezing aid to Montserrat (Caribbean Net News 27/4/2006)
• How the killing of Christopher Alaneme is a shocking insight into racist Britain (The Independent 26/4/2006)
• Black teenager stabbed to death in apparent racist attack (The Guardian 26/4/2006)
• Darfur malnutrition 'rises again' (BBC 26/4/2006)
• Trevor Phillips says the black community has not done enough to escape from mental slavery (The Voice 26/4/2006)
• Zuma rape trial draws to a close (BBC 26/4/2006)
• Cameron to increase number of ethnic minority candidates (The Guardian 26/4/2006)
• UN Security Council authorizes European force in DR Congo (UN News Centre 25/4/2006)
• War shows no sign of abating in DR Congo (BBC 25/4/2006)
• Africa Malaria Day: The race to stop a child dying every 30 secs from malaria (Black Britain 25/4/2006)
• Images of resistance to slavery must be at the forefront of 2007 Bicentenary Commemoration (Black Britain 24/4/2006)
• Behind a facade of normality, Zimbabwe is visibly falling apart (The Guardian 24/4/2006)
• Obituary: Ellen Kuzwayo:Tireless campaigner for women's rights in apartheid South Africa (The Guardian 24/4/2006)
• Civil Rights Author Florence Mars Dies at 84 (Washington Post 24/4/2006)
• Award for Liberian green activist (BBC 24/4/2006)
• Women's groups angered by Zuma court case (Cape Times 24/4/2006)
• Zimbabwe rethink on white farmers (BBC 23/4/2006)
• Kenyan Limo edges Lel in London Marathon sprint finish (BBC 23/4/2006)
• New Orleans mayor faces run-off (BBC 23/4/2006)
• Saving Sarah: How your bone marrow could save a young bride's life (BBC Health 22/4/2006)
• Darfur relief operation weeks away from collapse, warns UN (The Guardian 22/4/2006)
• African pygmies tour Britain to highlight plight (The Independent 22/4/2006)
• Exposed: BNP's campaign of lies (The Independent 22/4/2006)
• Need for greater BME representation at Manchester City Council (The Voice 21/4/2006)
• UK Firefighters still fighting racism in the workplace (The Voice 21/4/2006)
• Darfur crisis is 'as bad as ever' (BBC 21/4/2006)
• Nigeria will pay off its debt, becoming the first African nation to settle with its official lenders (BBC 21/4/2006)
• New Orleans: Big business sees a chance for ethnic and class cleansing (The Guardian 20/4/2006)
• FA looks to attract BME youth to International matches (The Voice 20/4/2006)
• Thousands flee as Darfur violence spreads into Chad (BBC 20/4/2006)
• Oxfam seeks record £20m to fight East Africa drought (The Independent 20/4/2006)
• NUT wants to stamp out racism in schools but they must start from within, says black education group (Black Britain 20/4/2006)
• Legal firms that exclude Black lawyers risk being barred from government contracts (Blink 20/4/2006)
• Adyel Silva has the kind of face you see everywhere in Brazil except, until recently, on TV. Because Silva is black (Chicago Tribune 20/4/2006)
• Bill Morris defends rights of Jamaicans abroad (Jamaica Gleaner 19/4/2006)
• Missing: Black Leaders: Where are they in our communities? (The Voice 19/4/2006)
• Cameron's drive for women and minority candidates (The Guardian 19/4/2006)
• Jackson to make album in Bahrain (BBC 19/4/2006)
• 100s of black people locked away in mental health facilities while government fuddles mental health policy (The Voice 18/4/2006)
• Book about alleged British atrocities against Kenyan Mau Mau independence fighters wins US Pulitzer Prize (BBC 18/4/2006)
• New Marley bio for release in May (Jamaica Gleaner 18/4/2006)
• Bermuda may change marijuana policy (BBC Caribbean 18/4/2006)
• Nothing sweet about sugar reforms for Caribbean countries as EU compensation falls short (Black Britain 18/4/2006)
• Scramble for DR Congo's mineral wealth (BBC 17/4/2006)
• Anthony Walker's mother 'not ready to meet murderers' (The Guardian 17/4/2006)
• US: Inadequate Breast Cancer Screening for Black Women (Medpage Today 17/4/2006)
• 'Racist' assault alarms Germans (BBC 17/4/2006)
• BNP 'needs 5% swing to win 70 council seats' (The Guardian 17/4/2006)
• Boomtown Jo'burg rides the new gold rush (The Guardian 17/4/2006)
• Burundi lifts 34-year old curfew (BBC 14/4/2006)
• Rap star Megaman faces third murder trial (The Guardian 14/4/2006)
• Ethiopia: Govt Treatment Programme Brings Hope to Thousands (AllAfrica 13/4/2006)
• Football: Race charge for Brazilian player (BBC 13/4/2006)
• Into Africa: British Museum's reply to ownership debate (The Guardian 13/4/2006)
• Ethiopian Fossils fill gap in human lineage (BBC 13/4/2006)
• UK gives £22m to Zimbabwe to help fight Aids (The Guardian 13/4/2006)
• Football: Trinidad's 'Soca Warriors' name World Cup lineup (Caribbean Net News 13/4/2006)
• Council diggers moved in to demolish the last remaining Rastafarian squat in St Agnes Place today (Blink 13/4/2006)
• Profile: Professor Evan Duggan (Jamaica Gleaner 13/4/2006)
• Rice: my mother stood up to racism (The Scotsman 13/4/2006)
• Croydon Tories trump Labour in battle for black votes with festival pledge (The Voice 13/4/2006)
• UK wins appeal over ruling that meant failed asylum seekers could not be deported to Zimbabwe (BBC 12/4/2006)
• June Pointer, youngest of US group Pointer Sisters has died of cancer, aged 52 (BBC 12/4/2006)
• Black candidates should be able to stand in any area of the UK, says OBV (Black Britain 12/4/2006)
• Hailing British donation for Sudan, UN food agency urges more global aid (UN News Centre 12/4/2006)
• Football Racism: Santander fined for Eto'o abuse (BBC 12/4/2006)
• Cricket: Chanderpaul resigns as WI captain (BBC Caribbean 12/4/2006)
• Southwark Lib Dem Councillor quits party in race row (Blink 12/4/2006)
• First black TV anchor an inspiration in France (Access Atlanta 12/4/2006)
• Muhammad Ali sells rights to name (BBC 11/4/2006)
• Former TGWU boss Sir Bill Morris is among 23 new life peers (BBC 11/4/2006)
• East Africa Stock Markets to be Integrated by Year's End (AllAfrica 11/4/2006)
• Play winner imagines Africa at the cutting edge of technology (BBC 11/4/2006)
• BBC Comes under fire from black majority churches over Witch Child documentary (Black Britain 11/4/2006)
• Church shows way forward 25 years after Brixton riots (The Independent 11/4/2006)
• Why Jamaicans are over-represented in British Prisons (Black Britain 10/4/2006)
• Football: Jamaica National will be the official ticket agents for England v Jamaica (The Voice 10/4/2006)
• Football: Eto'o is target of more abuse (BBC 10/4/2006)
• Black women are stereotyped in British films, so it's a relief to find one who calls the shots (The Guardian 10/4/2006)
• Brown unveils Africa school funds (BBC 10/4/2006)
• Reggae star Jimmy Cliff was in town for the opening of theatre production The Harder They Come (The Voice 10/4/2006)
• Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Dennis and Stan struck off storm register (Caribbean Net News 10/4/2006)
• Zimbabweans have 'shortest lives' (BBC 8/4/2006)
• Watchdog seeks lost Africa wealth (BBC 8/4/2006)
• Fifa clarifies racism crackdown (BBC 8/4/2006)
• Did Brixton matter? Twenty-five years after the riots, what is the verdict? (BBC 7/4/2006)
• Officer cleared of racial intent over ape noises (The Guardian 7/4/2006)
• Teachers criticise judge for 'trivialising' racial abuse (The Guardian 7/4/2006)
• How schools deal with racism (BBC Education 7/4/2006)
• The Harder They Come, the musical (BBC Caribbean 7/4/2006)
• Black parents will be largely affected by new proposals to prosecute parents of excluded kids found loitering (Black Britain 7/4/2006)
• UN seeks East Africa drought aid (BBC 7/4/2006)
• Africa needs millions of nurses (BBC 7/4/2006)
• Sick Zambians overwhelm clinics as health care made free (BBC 7/4/2006)
• Youths face retrial over Damilola (BBC 6/4/2006)
• A replay of Iraq beckons in Darfur if we send in troops (The Guardian 6/4/2006)
• New faith website comes under fire from black churches for not doing its homework properly (Black Britain 6/4/2006)
• UN holds conference to discuss how African migrants can fill future labour shortages in Europe (Black Britain 6/4/2006)
• Family and friends demonstrate outside Plumstead police station over death of Somali in police raid (IRR 6/4/2006)
• Brace for another bad hurricane season say scientists (Caribbean Net News 6/4/2006)
• Italy explores disaster warning system for Caribbean (Caribbean Net News 6/4/2006)
• Global arms trade: Africa and the curse of the AK-47 (The Independent 5/4/2006)
• The legacy of the Brixton riots (BBC 5/4/2006)
• Award for Sierra Leone war novel (BBC 5/4/2006)
• BNP contests seat where racist killing of Anthony Walker took place (The Independent 5/4/2006)
• Black children being let down by failing academies (Black Britain 5/4/2006)
• Grenada's cocoa industry faces ruin, as crops remain unharvested (BBC Caribbean 5/4/2006)
• US lawmaker alleges police racism (BBC 5/4/2006)
• US Rap producer files for bankruptcy (BBC 5/4/2006)
• SA dismisses World Cup doubts (BBC 5/4/2006)
• SA's Zuma 'showered to avoid HIV' (BBC 5/4/2006)
• World community wants Taylor trial in Hague (The Guardian 5/4/2006)
• Brothers cleared of Damilola murder (The Guardian 4/4/2006)
• New Damilola trial is considered (BBC 4/4/2006)
• The dilemma facing Damilola jury (BBC 4/4/2006)
• Damilola Taylor: why so many mistakes? (Blink PR 4/4/2006)
• School learns lessons from Damilola's death (BBC 4/4/2006)