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Black women in England are more likely to be diagnosed with certain types of cancer at later stages, according to a study by Cancer Research UK. The research found that ethnicity is a significant factor in late-stage diagnosis for women with breast, ovarian, uterine, colon, and non-small-cell lung cancer. Black African and Black Caribbean women are more likely to be diagnosed at stage 3 or 4 compared to white women. The article explores the reasons behind this disparity, including cultural barriers, fear of stigma, and lack of awareness. Cancer Research UK is working to address these barriers through engagement programs and inclusive research. Celebrities like Trisha Goddard and Mary J Blige have also spoken out about their experiences with cancer and the need for more research involving Black women. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study conducted by a researcher at Brunel University London explored the lay knowledge and beliefs about dementia among Black African populations in the UK and Africa. The study found that there is a need for a better understanding of how Black Africans perceive and experience dementia, as well as the cultural beliefs surrounding the condition. The research suggests that improving awareness of lay knowledge and beliefs about dementia among Black African communities can lead to more culturally sensitive and tailored support for those affected by the condition. [Extracted from the article]

A study conducted at the University of Minnesota examined the relationship between duration of residence in the USA and hypertension among Black foreign-born residents. The research found that Black immigrants with longer durations of residency had a higher prevalence of hypertension compared to those with shorter durations. This discrepancy may be attributed to differences in primary care utilization, awareness of hypertension diagnoses, and the stress associated with living in the USA. The study was funded by the United States Health Resources & Service Administration and the National Institutes of Health's National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. [Extracted from the article]

This article discusses the potential benefits of expanding the delivery of oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to community pharmacies in England. The study used the Capability, Opportunity, Motivation, Behaviour (COM-B) model to explore the barriers and facilitators of community pharmacy PrEP delivery for both pharmacists and community members. The research found that while there were some barriers, such as sub-optimal awareness and knowledge of PrEP, lack of staff capacity, and concerns about increased sexually transmitted infections, there were also facilitators, including awareness raising, training and education, and a preference for pharmacy delivery. The study suggests that a behavior change intervention focusing on education, training, and awareness raising, along with system and environmental changes, could help make pharmacy PrEP delivery feasible and acceptable. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study conducted by the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust explored the experiences of first-generation Nigerian mothers living in the UK who have suffered from postnatal depression (PND). The study found that minority ethnic groups, such as Black African mothers, are at a greater risk of developing PND, and immigrant mothers are twice as likely to develop PND compared to native mothers. The research identified several themes, including socio-cultural factors, neglect from family and healthcare professionals, and self-reliance as a coping strategy. The findings emphasize the need for a patient-centered and culturally sensitive approach in healthcare to effectively engage mothers in the detection and treatment of PND. [Extracted from the article]

A new report from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa explores the relationship between regional adiposity (fat distribution) and insulin sensitivity in middle-aged Black African women with menopause and HIV status. The study found that insulin sensitivity and beta cell function were associated with specific areas of adipose tissue. While menopause did not affect these relationships, HIV had a significant impact on adipose tissue, leading to variations in cell size distribution and transcript levels within the fat deposits. This research provides valuable insights into the complex interactions between adiposity, menopause, and HIV in this population. [Extracted from the article]

A new study conducted by researchers at Walter Sisulu University explores the differences in prostate cancer between Africa and the rest of the world. The study highlights that black African men often present with more advanced disease and have higher mortality rates due to various biological, socioeconomic, and institutional factors. The research also addresses racial disparities in prostate cancer. This study provides valuable insights into the global burden of prostate cancer and emphasizes the need for further research and interventions to address these disparities. [Extracted from the article]

A recent study conducted by Midlands State University in Zimbabwe examined the historical trends and current experiences of anatomical body donation in two Zimbabwean medical schools. The study found that while voluntary body donation is preferred, there is still a reliance on the use of unclaimed bodies for anatomy education. The research suggests that improving the ethical sourcing of bodies requires increased efforts to educate all Zimbabweans, especially the black majority, about the importance of voluntary body donation in medical education. The study concludes that well-structured and well-resourced body donation programs could enhance ethical procurement. [Extracted from the article]

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Discusses the historical records of black and Asian sailors on British ships. Sources of the records; Details on the sailors from records of the East India Co.; Images depicting black Africans and West Indians on British vessels; Illustration of the broader recruitment of black and Asian sailors to the Royal Navy in paintings.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in the October 1966 issues including one on the achievements of Negros in the October 28 issue, one on President Marcos and the Philippines in the October 21 issue, and one on the United States Ship (USS) Safeguard (ARS-25) in the October 14 issue.

Reports from University of Wolverhampton Provide New Insights into Mental Health Diseases and Conditions ("they Tried To Evil Me": an Explanatory Model for Black Africans' Mental Health Challenges) Keywords for this news article include: Wolverhampton, United Kingdom, Europe, Health and Medicine, Mental Health Diseases and Conditions, University of Wolverhampton. Keywords: Wolverhampton; United Kingdom; Europe; Health and Medicine; Mental Health Diseases and Conditions EN Wolverhampton United Kingdom Europe Health and Medicine Mental Health Diseases and Conditions 503 503 1 11/06/23 20231106 NES 231106 2023 NOV 6 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Mental Health Weekly Digest -- Researchers detail new data in Mental Health Diseases and Conditions. [Extracted from the article]

Prone to lecturing the nation using classical Arabic (a rigid form of the language rarely spoken in day-to-day life) rather than the commonly used Tunisian dialect, it seems Saied's supporters have quickly grown tired of the professor-turned- president and his peculiar formalities. When Kais Saied, a former law professor and political outsider, was elected president of Tunisia back in October of 2019 he was the hope of the region's young democrats. In July 2021, in response to mass demonstrations against police brutality, Saied froze Parliament and dissolved Tunisia's government. [Extracted from the article]

The article looks at the society and government of Libya during the dictatorship of Muammar Gaddafi. It presents Libya as a police state which repressed its citizens and opposing political views. The human rights abuses against immigrants and refugees from Sub-Saharan Africa including human trafficking, slavery, and illegal detention are discussed. It notes the role of the racism of Libya against Black Africans in the development of white supremacy.

Researchers at University of Yaounde I Have Reported New Data on Pediatrics (Imaging of Developmental Delay In Black African Children: a Hospital-based Study In Yaound? Keywords: Yaounde; Cameroon; Africa; Pediatrics EN Yaounde Cameroon Africa Pediatrics 469 469 1 06/19/23 20230623 NES 230623 2023 JUN 24 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Pediatrics Week -- Data detailed on Pediatrics have been presented. Cameroon, Africa, Pediatrics, Yaounde. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Calculi; Health and Medicine; Renal and Hepatic Disorders; Risk and Prevention EN Calculi Health and Medicine Renal and Hepatic Disorders Risk and Prevention 1380 1380 1 05/22/23 20230526 NES 230526 2023 MAY 26 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health & Medicine Week -- Research findings on renal and hepatic disorders are discussed in a new report. Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from University of KwaZulu-Natal: "We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients with urinary calculi at a quaternary hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, during 2018-2019. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Minneapolis; State:Minnesota; United States; North and Central America; Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions; Health and Medicine; Hypertension EN Minneapolis State:Minnesota United States North and Central America Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions Health and Medicine Hypertension 635 635 1 04/10/23 20230410 NES 230410 2023 APR 10 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Cardiovascular Week -- Fresh data on Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions - Hypertension are presented in a new report. The news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained from Ebiere Okah, University of Minnesota, Dept. of Family Medicine and Community Health, Medicine School, 717 Delaware St S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55414, United States. According to news originating from Minneapolis, Minnesota, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, "Black Americans have the highest prevalence of hypertension in the USA. [Extracted from the article]

Less than five years after Tunisia became the first Arab nation to criminalize racism, rights groups now accuse President Kais Saied of stoking xenophobia to deflect from a growing economic and political crisis. "Acts of xenophobic violence against sub-Saharan Africans are surging across Tunisia", Salsabil Chellali, Tunisia director for Human Rights Watch, told Bloomberg. (Bloomberg) -- After Tunisia's president blamed African migrants for a rise in violent crime and threatening the country's Arab identity, 42-year-old Francois had a knock on his front door. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the impact of the bloody Angolan civil war. It states that a group of Black African leaders, including Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, have already recognized the Soviet-backed Luanda government of the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). It notes that the group has urged MPLA President Agostinho Neto to enter into negotiations with the National Union for the Total Liberation of Angola (UNITA) which controls the southern half of the country. It adds that United Nations Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim has prepared to act as a go-between, should the Organization of African Unity seek UN help to bring about a ceasefire.

Over Africa, which is as large as Europe and North America combined, are distributed approximately 180,000,000 Negroes of many different tribes, sects, and beliefs. There are so-called Christians, Mohammedans, and an almost infinite variety of native beliefs. To control them there are not 5,000,000 whites. This handful of whites have done much in the short time they have roamed over Africa. A factor which enters into the competition, present and future, between blacks and whites, is the missions. Missions can be divided into three classes, industrial, medical, and religious. For the first two, there is a great deal of respect. They are really helping the Negro. For the religious missions there is no respect as they have not help the Negro in any way.

Through this modus operandi the same drivers are subtly frustrating the black government's efforts at resuscitating the economy while in the same breath, [the later] endeavouring to empower the black populace. We ended Part One of this article by pointing out that the Industrial Revolution had the effect of widening the gap in development between the Western nations and the Africans - specifically the Sub Saharan Africans. Whatever the case may have been, the reasons for this stance by the authorities - reasons that are not peculiar to Zimbabwe but also to other African countries - have been a source of speculation concerning such matters. [Extracted from the article]

Ramaphosa is one of the country's biggest farmers of Ankole cattle, a rare, long-horn, Ugandan breed, and a number of the prized livestock will be up for sale, according to the auction website. (Bloomberg) -- South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, who has been fending off allegations that he covered up a robbery at his game farm in the northern Limpopo province, plans to hold a cattle auction at the property next week. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the reduced number of black South Africans in the South Africa national rugby union (SARU) team also known as the Springboks as of July 2014. Topics discussed include popularity of rugby among black South Africans, poor management and a lack of vision by SARU, and malnutrition of black boys that inhibits the physical development.

The article discusses photographs of black Africans from 1890 to 1950 featured in the African photography series published by the Walther Collection of Neu-Ulm, Germany, and New York City. The three volumes of the photo essay series are "Events of the Self: Portraiture and Social Identity," featuring urban black South Africans, "Appropriated Landscapes," featuring work by South African photographers, and "Distance and Desire," focusing on historical photography from Africa.

The article focuses on the rationale for Zimbabwe's Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Programme (IEEP). It informs that under the colonial regime socio-economic and political system was designed to serve the interests of white minority at the expense of the indigenous blacks. It mentions the colonial laws which disempowered the black Zimbabweans including Land Apportionment Act of 1930, Companies Act Number 47 of 1951 and Income Tax Act Number five of 1967.

The article focuses on Zimbabwe's Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Programme (IEEP) providing inclusion of black Zimbabweans in mainstream economy through appropriate socio-economic infrastructure and equity holding in businesses. It informs that 10 percent of the equity shareholding of non-indigenously owned companies will go to the Community Share Ownership Schemes/Trusts (CSOTs). It discusses the CSOTs' objectives including maintenance of schools and clinics and, soil conservation.

The article discusses the work of Erika-Rae Griffin, is working to build her own business, Create or Conform, to sell jewelry and T-shirts she describes as "handmade items for the Afrocentric minimalist."

The article reports on the growing number of startup businesses owned by ethnic minorities in London, England. It states that there are already 16,000 businesses operated by black African and Caribbean descent in London as of 2008, an increase of 80% from the previous decade. It says that these businesses are generating a combined annual sales of £10 billion. Some of London's successful black African businesspeople include Adam Afriyie, Alexander Amosu, and Oswald Boateng.

The article discusses the history and legal organisation regarding the slave trade operations, particularly to Africans. It examines how the two most successful slave trading nations which include Great Britain and the U.S. carried out slavery as an international business from the West African Coast. It evaluates various Acts of Parliament as the legal basis of the said trading operations as well as the issue of state responsibility.

The article presents statistical information on Great Britain mixed-race population including White and Black Caribbean, White and Black African, and White and Asian. It states that in the 2001 Census, 1.25 percent of people in England and Wales were of mixed origin, and ⅙ of the minority population were of mixed origin. While 4% of all under five years old in England and Wales were of mixed origin, and a quarter of the minority ethnic population under five years old were of mixed origin.

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Focuses on the genocide and tribal conflict being faced by Black Africans in Darfur, Sudan. Damage caused by the attacks of Arab militia on Black African villages; Efforts of Sudanese refugees to recover from the attack; Potential impact of the decision of the Sudanese government to implement the obscure 1984 land tenure law which states that the government can claim ownership of land that is not lived on for one year on Black African Darfurians.

Reports on the humanitarian crisis in western Sudan caused by ethnic cleansing as of July 2004. Problems faced by refugees including disease and starvation; Report that government-sponsored militiamen known as Janjaweed have conducted a campaign to cleanse the area of black African civilians since 2003; Claim that the United Nations and U.S. will not call the pogroms genocide in part because doing so could oblige the international community to intervene; Comments made by women who were raped; Pressure placed on the Sudanese government by the United States to halt the slaughter.

Focuses on the Darfur region in Sudan and its war-related strife. Profile of a young boy whose family and village were destroyed by Arab Janjaweed Militia; Background of the war between Arab militias and rebels from Darfur's black African population; Comparison to the Rwanda genocide of 1994; Details of the involvement of the United States in whether to define the situation in Sudan as genocide; Plans for providing aid from United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan; Description of the crisis as a race against time.

The article presents information about the political, social and achievements of Helen Suzman, a member of the House of Assembly, the main lawmaking body of the Republic of South Africa. Suzman's constituency is called Houghton and she is now its senior frontbencher. She had taken pains to watch some police wantonly dismantle shacks in a black settlement and haul some of the occupants off to jail. She had also been a conspicuous onlooker during a peaceful anti-apartheid demonstration in a Cape Town cathedral.

Focuses on slavery in Africa. Current slavery practices; Arguments on the roles of black Africans in the pirating of people; History of slavery.

Discusses the political scenario of Tanzania and role of Dar es Salaam in liberation movement of blacks in white-dominated Southern Africa. Implication of the Lisbon coup on Portugal's colonialist desires; Information on the South African attitude towards the liberation movement of blacks; South African policy of détente; Details of the Liberation Committee of the Organization of African Unity.

The article explores events in Southern Africa that may force the U.S. toward a dead-end policy, that is, sanctions against the Republic of South African government. One such event has been pressure from the black African states who want a stop to South Africa's race policies. Another event is Pretoria's refusal to be convinced to accept a U.S. compromise on South-West Africa. The author believes that the sanctions would just strain Washington's ties with other powers as well as South Africa.

The article focuses on the boycott threat of the government of 11 Black African nations for the XX Olympiad in Munich, Germany. It states that the 11 nations threat that they will not allow their athletes to participate if the Olympic Games will permit the involvement of Rhodesian athletes. It adds that in response to the threat, International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage notes the athletic teams who will withdraw from the event might be expelled from the future Olympic Games.

The article discusses the opposition of the blacks in Rhodesia on the proposed agreement of Britain with Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith which would give the blacks a faint assurance of reigning in the country. It states that the blacks have been furiously shouting no with the proposal. It says that some merely do not believe the Smith administration to fulfill the agreement and many oppose as the whites back it, while others are significantly resisting for better terms.

Several letters to the editor are presented in response to articles in previous issues, including the "Remembering the Dismembered Continent," by Ayi Kwei Armah in the February/March 2010 issue, the "Confronting Homophobia," in the April 2010 issue, and the "Homosexuality: Not African at All," in the April 2010 issue.

That is the spirit of Alaffia, the natural beauty and personal-care brand built on pure ingredients indigenous to West Africa. "I see Alaffia as a system or model to serve humanity", says Olowo-n'djo Tchala, who cofounded the brand with Prairie Rose Hyde, who he met in 1996 when she came to his home village of Kaboli, Togo, as a Peace Corps volunteer. Consumers of Alaffia products like the Authentic African Black Soap All-in-One, EveryDay Shea Shampoo or handwoven baskets help fund the brand's many empowerment projects through The Alaffia Foundation (TAF). [Extracted from the article]

The article reports that the U.S. accuses the Janjaweed and its backers of committing genocide against Darfur's black African population, while Sudan's government blames the rebel Sudanese Liberation Army for the violence. The UN has proposed a 20,000-person peace-keeping force to take over from the African mission. But Khartoum says it will stop UN peacekeepers from working in Sudan, despite the threat of sanctions.

Focuses on the impact of genocide attacks by Arab Janjaweed militias and Sudanese government troops as part of the ethnic cleansing sponsored by the government on Black Sudanese villages in Darfur. Damage caused by the attacks on villages; Efforts of the U.S. government and the European Union to provide assistance and funds to help refugees in Sudan and Chad; Stand of the Sudanese government on the continued assaults on the villages.

This article presents information on Muslim slavery, particularly Muslim enslavement of black Africans. Among the thousands of professors and graduate students affiliated with Middle Eastern studies programs in the U.S., only a handful have dared to broach the controversial topic, and a comprehensive history and analysis of it remains to be written. This stands in stark contrast to the huge amount of scholarship on slavery in the West. The article informs that slavery was a vigorous and central part of Islamic civilization. The characteristics of Muslim slavery have been far from uniform over the centuries, but it has a few general traits. Slaves were accorded more legal protections in the Islamic world than they received almost anywhere else.