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Update Nov 2017: Please note that the scheme is now closed for application.

‘OBV’s shadowing scheme gave me the inspiration to get involved in local politics’

Newly-elected councillor Shahzad Nawaz has credited Operation Black Vote’s MP’s shadowing scheme with inspiring him to stand for public office, even before the scheme is officially launched.

Gina Miller, who won the landmark Brexit legal case over the UK government authority to trigger Article 50 of the Treaty of the European Union without an Act of the UK Parliament, was named the UK’s most influential Black person by the Powerlist Foundation. The Powerlist, first published in 2006, comprises an annual list of the 100 most influential people of African or African-Caribbean heritage in Britain. The list is created by an independent panel of judges.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/19/

Mogadishu, Somali, was devastated by a truck bomb explosion over the weekend, with a death toll of over 300 and hundreds more injured. The most lethal terrorist attack to ever strike Somalia has been claimed by extremist, Al-Qaida aligned Al-Shabaab, Somali government officials say. The violent organization vowed earlier in 2017 to attack more frequently in response to both the Trump administration and Somalia’s recently elected president promising to invigorate military efforts against Al-Shabaab.

Just days after unveiling a plaque honouring its first black student, Oxford colleges are being accused of “social apartheid” and discriminative admissions practises by former education minister David Lammy.

Indeed has released a hiring advertising poster with the tagline "Look at my skills not my identity."

The tagline would seem to suggest that employers who are looking into hiring people should focus on one's skills and not what they look like. In a perfect world, we would like to think that employers would look at a person's knowledge and skills before their race, religion, or personal background, but research and facts have seemed to suggest otherwise.

Millions are celebrating the holiday of Diwali, the annual festival that lights up every autumn worldwide. Celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs, and Jains alike, Diwali is an event marked by fireworks, prayers, and other festivities. It represents the triumph of good over evil, light over darkness, hope over despair, and knowledge over ignorance.

Nivea is receiving a barrage of criticism over ‘racist’ advertisements showing across West Africa. These TV spots promote a body lotion that purportedly lightens the skin of black women, with a black actress saying that she uses the product to “restore [her] skin’s natural fairness”. A man then compliments her, calling her skin “beautiful” and “glowing”, and fairer skin is described as younger looking.

Greg Clarke is finding himself under fire as chairman of the Football Association in the wake of new information regarding his handling of reported racism – and its subsequent cover-up – within the organisation. Wednesday, he, along with other FA higher-ups, was summoned to a parliamentary inquiry concerning the Mark Sampson scandal.

In a move to satisfy its priority to recognise its broad range of alumni displayed in its pictures, paintings and plaques around campus, Oxford University has unveiled a new plaque honouring Christian Cole. The plaque, which can be seen in Logic Lane at University College, commemorates the first black Oxford student.