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An archive of stories that appeared on the BHM site. Many of the sites providing the stories maintain an archive so we thought rather than lose the story, we would maintain this archive of links. Hopefully, they will continue to work. We can then all look back to see how the news developed. We do check links from time to time but please let us know if any are not working - thanks. Back to News/Features | Go to News Archive - by category

Notes: A number of older AllAfrica articles require a paying subscription | Older Trinidad Guardian articles may not work - they will take you to the wrong page. | The Independent requires a subscription for older articles.

 

 

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2007

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June 2006

May 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

Mar 2006

John La Rose dies - Jamaica inaugurates first female leader - Damiola trial evidence ends - Zambia uses debt relief to provide free health care - Report into death of Christopher Alder in Hull police station in 1998 - Jamaica sprint victories at Commonwealth games - Protests against "racist" lecturer continue in Leeds - DJ Swing dies - Famine & drought alerts continue in East Africa - Europe ban for African airlines - Global warming affects Africa & Caribbean - South Africa Zuma rape trial gets underway - Ali Farka Toure dies - New UK immigration system introduced - Police payout for Lawrence friend - National Science Week - UN launching emergency fund for humanitarian disasters - Shaft director Gordon Parks dies - South African Tsotsi takes foreign film Oscar - Black pupils 'achieving more' - Bird Flu hits Africa - Big Brother Nigeria goes on air

Feb 2006

Jamaica to have female leader - Gay weddings in SA - New fears for DR Congo - Museveni re-elected in Uganda - Carnival season - East African drought crisis worsens - Pirate DJs join BBC - Black lawyers directory published - Religious violence continues in Nigeria - Jamaican wins Winter Olympics medal - Preval elected in Haiti - New Damiola Taylor trial continues - Egypt wins Africa Nations Cup - Bird Flu hits Africa - CoE apologises for slave trade - King, first African American & woman to lie in state

Jan 2006

Corretta Scott King dies - CARICOM single market ratified - Half of Africa in need of urgent food assistance - Racism in British media debate - New Slavery remembrance day in France - Drought in East Africa - Fayard Nicholas dies - New Damiola Taylor trial - New call for sanctions on Darfur - First traffic lights in Liberia - Kenyans go online to date - Gunmen attack oil complex in Nigeria - Dr Roselle Antoine gets MBE - Renewed fighting in DR Congo - Wilson Pickett dies - Kenyan food crisis - Gebrsellassie shatters two world records - New constitution for DR Congo - MS Dynamite charged with assault - Lou Rawls dies - Ethiopia TV launches Pop Idol

Dec 2005

Sudanese Refugees die in Egypt - UK: Racially aggravated crimes up - UN troops leave Freetown - Tookie Williams executed - Richard Pryor dies - Antiviral AIDS drug helps mothers in Africa - Political Crisis in Kenya as Cabinet sacked - Trevor McDonald retires - Kelly Holmes bows out - SA: Zuma charged with Rape - New Black Heritage Centre in Brixton - New Book on Equiano - Anthony Walker murder suspect found guilty - South Africa to have Gay weddings - Trouble continues in Darfur

Nov 2005

First CoE Black Bishop - Rastas Evicted from Kennington Squats - Anthony Walker Murder Trial - New Alliance of Black Organisations in France - Warnings on Climate Change disaster in Africa - Mugabe re-elected - Lara Test Runs record - Food shortages in Niger - First Carnival in Nigeria - Liberia elects Africa's first female leader - Food shortage in Zambia - "Blacking Up" ended in Opera - Trinidad & Tobago reach World Cup finals - Black firm gains De Beer's stake - Violence in Ethiopia Capital - Rosa Parks funeral - Aftermath of Birmingham "Race" riots

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