Slavery Abolition

Several Democratic lawmakers have called for answers from the Pentagon and the Navy about conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier after reports emerged claiming multiple U.S. service members had attempted to jump overboard. Family members of sailors aboard the Lincoln have reported at least two incidents in which…

Concerns raised over reports of the aircraft carrier's problems including shortages of basic supplies and water contamination Author of the article: Published Aug 13, 2026  •  1 minute read The USS Abraham Lincoln departed San Diego, California on Nov. 21, 2025 for duty in the South China Sea and was…

Congressional Democrats demanded answers on Wednesday about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, following reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the aircraft carrier’s record-setting deployment. In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Wednesday, Senator Richard Blumenthal called for the Navy to account for conditions…

The African Democratic Congress, ADC, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has declared that nothing can stop him from winning the 2027 election because he’s full of life and energy. Atiku said he has contested and lost presidential and governorship elections severally, like the former United States President, Abraham Lincoln. In an…

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman in Edinburgh, Scotland. The U.S. celebrated 250 years since its founding in July, giving the country an opportunity to reflect on U.S.…

A NSW parliamentary report into modern slavery has detailed "harrowing stories of mistreatment and harm". The 188-page document comes after an inquiry into 'Modern slavery risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional NSW'.  The report said the committee heard "many horrors". "The committee was shocked to hear…

August 05, 2026 Photo Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness (right), greets President of the Republic of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, ahead of a press conference following bilateral talks at the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday. Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness says Jamaica will continue to work closely with the…

NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — The trip marked Mullally's first visit to Africa and highlighted the Church of England's controversial reparations fund to address its historic links to slavery...Read More

Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange, says Jamaica will take the next legal step in its pursuit of reparations for slavery, by petitioning His Majesty King Charles to refer a series of legal questions to the Privy Council. She said the move marks the next phase…

Min­is­ter of Land and Le­gal Af­fairs Sad­dam Ho­sein has re­ject­ed at­tempts to pit slav­ery against in­den­ture­ship, say­ing both sys­tems in­flict­ed suf­fer­ing on gen­er­a­tions of peo­ple and should not be treat­ed as com­pet­ing his­tor­i­cal ex­pe­ri­ences. Re­spond­ing to com­ments by for­mer ed­u­ca­tion min­is­ter Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly, Ho­sein said the com­par­i­son was "not a…