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The African Union, in conjunction with the European Union and the United Nations, has finalized a plan which aims to halt the escalation of the migration crisis in Libya while simultaneously putting an end to the resurgence of slavery of Sub-Saharan migrants on smuggling routes to the Mediterranean.

On November 30, 83 of the world’s heaviest political weights from Africa and Europe convened in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, for the Europe-African Union summit.

Ever since the last ballot was counted, proclaiming the United Kingdom sovereign, Prime Minister Theresa May spared no time in developing a close relationship with the President of the United States Donald Trump. Theresa May went as far as to proclaim the relationship between the two countries as "special". However, what the Prime Minister failed to consider is that President Trump is in a hot seat and whoever gets too close will eventually burn with him—or burn their "special relationship".

A historical ruling emerged from The Hague on November 22nd. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia sentenced General Ratko Mladic to life imprisonment after finding him guilty on all accounts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

In the same week Powerful Media and Green Park recruitment released their much-anticipated annual reports ranking the one-hundred most influential black and minority individuals of the year in the United Kingdom: the Powerlist and the BAME 100 Board Talent Index 2017, respectively. Distinguished with a position on each of these two well-known and prestigious classifications is Operation Black Vote’s Executive Director and Co-Founder Simon Woolley, joining other notable activists and influencers.

Within our communities we see how discrimination affects us, but Black women, Black people with disabilities and Black gays often face a double form of discrimination.

A good example is the contentious issues raised when Black gays are involved in mixed relationships and that tension is reflected in the broader politics and culture of gay communities. FS Magazine (published by the gay men's health charity GMFA), recently highlighted this in a study.

It’s a widely held view that when it comes to racism, today’s generation is much less prejudiced than their parents’ generation. Britain has moved on, so the thinking goes, and become a 'post-racial society'. 

Despite one of the fiercest fought political battles in a generation, turnout remained broadly flat at 65%, exactly where it was in 2010. 

However,  our initial analysis  indicates that during this election, just as in 2010,  the Black and minority ethnic vote  turned out  in increased numbers, bucking the national trend. 

Surely I’m not the only one weary of the constant denial of racism from Britain’s United Kingdom Independence Party.

Of course, we all know that the incidence of racism across all parties is one from which none is entirely immune. However, whilst other parties have the occasional bout of racism UKIP has inculcated a particularly nasty strain.