This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 2 November 2006 Dozens of ...

Colombia's Caribbean coast, specifically Cartagena, is a destination beloved by Black travelers. Cartagena has one of the highest concentrations of Afro-Colombians, where an estimated 60% percent say ...

The legal rights designed to protect Afro-Colombian communities are not lifting them out of economic precarity—and are leaving them vulnerable to the illegal drug trade and illicit mining as a ...

Colombia is known for its very rich and diverse culture, including its array of musical styles from vallenato to salsa to champeta to música popular, and beyond. Among its numerous international ...

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia — In an outdoor classroom surrounded by snake specimens preserved in jars, teacher Melqui Mosquera proudly talks about the nature reserve he set up in a Colombian region ...

Largely excluded from peace talks with leftist rebels, Afro-Colombian leaders are appealing directly to the Obama administration to ensure they’re not excluded from a proposed $450 million U.S. aid ...

SUNY Cortland will hold a “Festival of the Plantain” on Thursday, Sept. 19, centering the banana-like fruit in a celebration of the people of African descent in Latin America and their diaspora. The ...

SAN ISIDRO, Colombia (AP) — Many initiatives by ethnic communities in impoverished Choco in northwestern Colombia aim to fight back against the environmental devastation inflicted upon the Atrato, a ...