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One of the first dilemmas that Black people face is whether to let strangers touch their hair – and under what circumstances. Thomas Mukoya/Reuters by...

Vice President Kamala Harris and Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema walk outside the State House in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, on March 31, 2023. Salim Dawood/AFP...

Jordanians being evacuated from Sudan amid fighting between two factions. AP Photo/Raad Adayleh   by Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington The sight of diplomats fleeing Sudan amid chaotic...

“Come and see us, come and touch us, come and put your hands around us, and caress us.”—Bishop Macram Max Gassis “There are many men...

AWERIAL, South Sudan (AP) — Phillip Madol once studied in America as one of Sudan's "Lost Boys" who fled bloodshed and famine. This week...

(NNPA)—The escalating crisis in the South Sudan, a country only constituted in 2011, has brought with it growing concerns that a nation-state formed with...

HONOLULU (AP) — For first lady Michelle Obama, a joyous Christmas Eve tradition briefly ran up against the harsh realities of a world where...

Hagit Yaso—winner of Israel’s “A Star is Born” singing competition, performed several songs and recently took questions from Urban Pathways Charter School students at...

In this Nov. 18, 2012 file photo a child dressed as "Zwarte Piet" or "Black Pete", right, watches a parade after St. Nicholas, or Sinterklaas, arrived by boat in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (AP Photo/ Margriet Faber, File) by Toby SterlingAssociated Press Writer AMSTERDAM (AP) — A Facebook page seeking to preserve the "Black Pete" clowns in blackface who accompany St. Nicholas to the Netherlands during the holidays has become the fastest-growing Dutch-language page ever, receiving 1 million "likes" in a single day. The mushrooming popularity of the "Pete-ition" page reflects the depth of emotional attachment most Dutch people — 90 percent of whom have European ancestry — feel to a figure that helped launch the tradition of Santa Claus.

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with South African Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Saturday May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Jim Young, pool) by Kirubel TadesseADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict.