New assessment puts their numbers in Africa at more than 117 000, up by 20% since 2015.
The protests are rooted not in the pandemic, but in centuries of discrimination
The shooting of the 12-year-old-boy in 2014 was described as a "perfect storm of human error" by the prosecutor, Tim McGinty.
St. Louis County declared a state of emergency on Monday after a teenager was charged with shooting at police officers.
An officer seen in a viral video throwing a bikini-clad girl to the ground and pulling a gun on other youths has resigned, says police chief.
Investigators scoured streets near the scene of the shooting for clues and several people were brought in for questioning, but there were no arrests.
Two police officers were shot during a protest, hours after the city’s police chief quit following a damning report into his department.
The Oscar-nominated film comes to our screens at a time when racial and social equality debates are as topical as they were back in 1965.
An unarmed black man killed by LA police officers was shot three times, including once in the back at close range, according to his autopsy report.
The 18-year-old Antonio Martin was said to be carrying a handgun, which he allegedly pointed at the police officer before the cop opened fire.
"Michael Brown learned a lesson about a messin’ with a badass policeman," went the song, captured on video on entertainment news website TMZ.
Protesters have staged demonstrations every day since a grand jury’s decision on Wednesday not to bring criminal charges against the officer.
A US jury has found that white police officer Darren Wilson acted in self defence when he shot and killed black teenager Michael Brown.
The family of a 12-year-old boy who was shot by police while wielding a gun that turned out to be a toy, wants to conduct their own investigation.
Ferguson has been quiet while a jury decides if Darren Wilson will be charged for the killing of Michael Brown, but Missouri is taking no chances.
Almost two months to the day after black teen Michael Brown was killed by a white police officer, another St Louis teen was gunned down in St Louis.
The Ferguson police chief has apologised for the mistakes made by the police after a white officer shot to death an unarmed black teen, Michael Brown.
To change a world in which news of white people overshadows that of black people, seek out media that take "the other" seriously, says Stefanie Jason.
No Taylor Swift, it’s not okay for white pop stars to twerk and otherwise appropriate black culture, writes Verashni Pillay. And here’s why.
Peaceful protests have resumed in Ferguson after the fatal shooting of teenager Michael Brown by a police officer.
