Solidarity marches for U.S. protesters rippling around the world reached Israel on Tuesday where hundreds of protesters waved “Black Lives Matter” signs and chanted “George Floyd.” They also called out another name: Solomon Teka. Over the past five years, six young men of Ethiopian descent have been killed by cops, according to the Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews. Police data also shows Ethiopian Israelis are still disproportionately overrepresented in arrests and indictments even though they make up 2 percent of the population.Young Ethiopian Israelis have led the protest movement against racism and called for systemic reform. Note: VICE News filmed this report in March 2020, before COVID-19 guidelines were in place.

Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba, renowned Kenyan Lawyer, Pan-Africanist and Inspirational & Motivational Speaker, talks about “Making Africa Work for Africans”

⁣Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba: Thieves as Leaders
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This is a look into Nigeria's fight against insecurity and terrorism.

A focus on Neocolonialism and the foreign intervention of erstwhile colonial leaders in African countries was our focus today on #VillageSquareAfrica. Sulaiman Aledeh was joined by the executive director, Centre for Public Accountability, Olufemi Lawson and Public affairs analyst, Jide Ojo.

It has never been a 'HAPPY JAMHURI DAY' for this family.In an attempt to wipe their name off history books the family of the man who took over from the late Dedan Kimathi and drove Kenya to independence in 1963 is in agony.

Kenya's Biggest Betrayal | Tuko TV - His second born son has survived three murder attempts, seen his first wife killed through poisoning and witnessed his elder brother suffocated to death. This is all because of a gift from Kenya's first president, land.

This is the story of Field Marshall Baimungi!He was killed in cold blood by officials of the very government he served diligently. Kenya’s first Minister of Lands as well as powerful Meru politicians are accused of being behind the troubles bedeviling Baimungi’s family.Their father is among scores of Kenyan freedom fighters whose stories remain untold, those who trooped into the forests to fight for their country only to lose their land, future and lives.

President Uhuru Kenyatta during his visit to the family a few years back, promised Baimungi's family he would deliver what his father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta had promised them. The wait is still on.

Struggling to support her family, Fauzia Muthoni left her home in Kenya for Qatar, where a labor broker promised her work as a receptionist.

Instead, she was taken to Saudi Arabia where was forced into domestic work for multiple families and physically abused. Unable to contact her family, she worked for months before finally escaping.

Now back in Kenya, Fauzia works with the KUDHEIHA, a Kenya-based union for domestic workers, educating women on their rights when they seek to migrate for work abroad.

An abusive system left Ethiopian domestic workers stranded in Lebanon for years.

Many African and Asian countries have banned the recruitment of domestic workers for countries in the Middle East who subscribe to the “kafala” system.Under the system, foreign maids are legally bound to their employer and have limited rights.Employers can take advantage of their position and many women are overworked, underpaid and physically abused.Testimonies from women who escaped and private recordings show a world of powerlessness and abuse, hidden behind closed doors.

One month ago, BBC Africa Eye released an investigation into child trafficking that sent shockwaves throughout Kenya. Many of the children featured in the film were stolen. But others were willingly sold by their own mothers, often for tiny sums. This is the story of one mother and her baby, trapped between poverty and the child traffickers.