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Students made to look black in French art school photo

21st September 201822nd September 2018 Josie McFarlane 213 Views 0 Comment #black #artschool #French, #schoolphoto, black, community, students

A French private art college has apologised after one of its promotional images was doctored to include more black students.

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Boy dresses like Black Panther hero ‘to feel like himself’

21st September 201822nd September 2018 Josie McFarlane 262 Views 0 Comment #Boy #BlackPanther #hero, #superhero, black, community

“Co-worker made her 11-year-old a costume for his first Comic Expo visit. He was so excited to finally have a

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Hundreds of white workers picket SA firm to protest against a new share scheme for black employees only.

9th September 201810th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 362 Views 0 Comment #Business News, #Sasol, #South Africa, #Strike, #World news, black, community, News, Racism, Workers

Hundreds of workers and members of their family picketed outside petrochemicals company Sasol, in South Africa’s Free State province. The

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‘The devil beat’ Uganda ethics minister

9th September 201810th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 304 Views 0 Comment #Nyege Nyege music festival, #Simon Lokodo, #Uganda ethics minister, Africa, black, community, Faith

Uganda’s Ethics Minister Simon Lokodo has said the devil had beaten him after his failed attempt to ban this year’s

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Kenya deports Chinese man over ‘racist rant’

7th September 20186th September 2018 Josie McFarlane 445 Views 0 Comment #Chinese Man, #Deported #World News, Africa, black, community, Racism

A Chinese man has been deported after a video emerged of him making racist comments, Kenya’s immigration department says. The

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Ascension Trust Evening Worship Celebration AND 25 Years Thanksgiving Service & Graduation Ceremony, 9th and 10th November 2018

2nd September 20181st September 2018 Becky Wybrow 254 Views 0 Comment #, #25 Years, #Christian #Event, #Church event, #Evening Worship, #Events in London, #Graduation Ceremony, #Thanksgiving Service, Ascension trust, BAME, christian, community, Faith

Ascension Trust is a Christian inter-denominational organisation with a passion to empower individuals to work together within their local community

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Project Lab 2018 winners

31st August 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 290 Views 0 Comment artisanal bread, Asian or Minority Ethnic, BAME, black, Black African Caribbean churches, Breaking Bread, Chernise Neo, Cinnamon Incubator Programme, Cinnamon Project Lab 2018, communities, community, community projects, Faith, health intervention, Healthy Church Initiative, Living Loss, marketing, nutritional health, Proof Bakery, Proudtobeme, Shola Oladipo, social needs, support refugee women, The Mercers’ Hall

Proof Bakery and the Healthy Church Initiative fought off stiff competition to win Cinnamon Project Lab 2018 at The Mercers’

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Church faces Charity Commission inquiry

30th August 201830th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 349 Views 0 Comment administration, assets, Bible studies, Charity Commission, charity funds, christian, Faith, financial loss, governance, management, MFMMI, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International, safeguard, trustees

Charities regulator, the Charity Commission, recently opened a statutory inquiry into Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International (MFMMI). The

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Westminster Abbey celebrates the Spirit of Windrush

29th August 201829th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 454 Views 0 Comment #Windrush, 70th anniversary, Bishop Blake, black, Caribbean people, christian, Church of England National Committee, Church of God in Christ UK, community, Empire Windrush, Evangelical Alliance, Faith, Minority Ethnic Anglican Concerns, Pastor Agu Irukwu, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Reverend Canon Joel Edwards, Reverend Prebendary Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Right Honourable Justin Welby, Sadiq Khan, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, Thanksgiving, Theresa May MP, Very Reverend Dr John Hall, Westminster Abbey, windrush scandal

Over 2000 people, some representing three generations of Caribbean people in the UK, were present at a special Service of

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A nine-year-old Christian girl, Anjali Masih, was reportedly gang-raped and killed

14th August 201815th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 557 Views 0 Comment Anjali Masih, christian, community, Faith, featureful, gang-raped, Henrietta Blyth, Hindu background, Hinduism, impunity, local pastor, lured, murder, Muslims, Open Doors, persecution, Radical Hindu, raical Hindu groups, religious persecution, strangled, telephone wire, three men

Anjali Masih was playing with her friends when three men lured her away with the promise of a guava. Anjali

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Lord Ahmad appointed as the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy on Freedom of Religion or Belief

14th August 201814th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 335 Views 0 Comment christian, community, Faith, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, inter-faith, Lord Ahmad, Minister of State for the Commonwealth, minority faith, persecution, Prime Minister, religious discrimination, Religious freedom, religious tolerance, worship

The role, which supports the Prime Minister’s commitment to religious tolerance in the UK, will allow Lord Ahmad to demonstrate

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Downing Street reception to mark Windrush Day

13th August 201813th August 2018 Becky Wybrow 378 Views 0 Comment #Windrush, 10 Downing Street, 1948, 22nd June, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Alford Gardner, Baroness Patricia Scotland, Black Attorney General, Britain’s Black Community, Caribbean communities, Caribbean people, Daniel Tulloch, deeply sorry, Diverse Media Group, Floella Benjamin; Bishop Joe Aldred; Juliet Fletcher, Gospel Music Industry Alliance; Vanessa Kingorie MBE, Great Britain, Home office, Karen Gibson, keep the faith, national day, NHS, Paulette Simpson, Prime Minister, Rev Ronald Nathan, Royal Wedding, Shirley McGreal, Stand by Me, the Kingdom Choir, The Voice, The Windrush, Theresa May, Vogue, Windrush Day, Windrush fiasco, Windrush generation, windrush scandal, Windsor Castle

The great and the good within Britain’s Black community attended a special reception held at 10 Downing Street to commemorate

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Pakistani Christians are asking how Imran Khan’s leadership will affect them

30th July 20189th August 2018 Josie McFarlane 2055 Views 0 Comment Asia Bibi, christian, community, discrimination, Faith, Imran Khan, Islamic extremists, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf

Imran Khan is the chairman of the newly emerged Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf, a centrist party which, according to the party, aims

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Overcoming challenges with Godley Gosp-Ability

21st February 201820th February 2018 Becky Wybrow 1081 Views 0 Comment

Award-winning gospel singer, Sandra Godley, is celebrating after a successful launch of her choir project, which aims to give people

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State of emergency declared in Ethiopia amid political unrest

17th February 201816th February 2018 Josie McFarlane 619 Views 0 Comment

Emergency rule imposed by ruling EPRDF coalition following prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s decision to resign. Ethiopia has announced a state