The Afrikan world is mourning the passing of Dr John Amos Pombe Magufuli, the dynamic president of the east Afrikan nation of Tanzania, a country long regarded as a renowned hub of Pan-Afrikan activity. (1) The cause of death has been recorded as terminal heart failure. He reportedly suffered from…

Typically using young people as “drug runners”, County lines, (i.e. “drug networks engineered by gangs and organised criminal networks that export illegal substances – typically heroin and crack cocaine – between the growing market in suburban areas and larger cities”), has become more insidious during lockdown.  A recent assessment suggests…

When the west Afrikan state of Ghana became independent on 6th March 1957, its first president, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah declared: “the independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up to the total liberation of Africa.” (1) Enthused by the example of Marcus Mosiah Garvey, this established the…

March 2nd will be the 40th anniversary of the Black People’s Day of Action, “an unprecedented display of black political power” that “mobilised 20,000 people for a march through the streets of London (1) Ten years ago, at the 30th anniversary of BPDA, there was a move to establish an…

The impact of Coronavirus, the vaccine and related issues has meant that for many the Grenfell Tower inquiry, set up to give “the victims the truth” about the 2017 tragedy has gone under the radar. (1) Yet some of the recent sessions have provided a litany of revelations amounting to…