Plus: British Museum investigated over 'stolen Ethiopian artefacts'
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Hi everyone, Happy Easter and Ramadan to everyone who celebrated or is celebrating this year! Spring is in swing. The first quarter of 2024 is basically finished and the clocks have just gone forward in the UK… how's everyone feeling? We're back, as ever, with another edition of the Race Report newsletter. Missed you too! Key headlines this fortnight include: |
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Two of the seven humanitarian aid workers killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza have been named, with three British citizens among the dead. Australian Zomi Frankcom, 43, (pictured above, left) and Polish citizen Damian Sobol, 35, were both killed while working with the World Central Kitchen charity on Gaza's coastal road in Deir Balah, central Gaza, on Monday night. In what became one of her last interviews before she was killed, Zomi spoke of her determination to find any route possible to get food to starving families in Gaza. Read more. |
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The Guardian has appointed its first Caribbean correspondent, marking one year since the newspaper's owner issued an apology for the role its founders played in the transatlantic enslavement of African people. The position – which is unique among UK news organisations – will focus on the underreported region, alongside a boost to coverage across Africa and South America. Natricia Duncan (pictured above) will take up the new role, based in Jamaica. She said that despite the Caribbean's "rich cultural tapestry, dynamic leaders and complex environmental and socioeconomic challenges, the region is often misunderstood, misrepresented, or ignored by global media". |
The Recipe, a brand new 15,000-capacity all-inclusive festival, will launch this summer at Gunnersbury Park in London. The announcement comes as R&B star Jazmine Sullivan is unveiled as the inaugural event's first headliner, marking the first time in a decade that she will perform in the UK. The Recipe, for which The Independent will serve as the exclusive news partner, follows the success of promoters' DLT's success with DLT: Malta, hailed by music publications for "creating a space for Black joy".
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Tributes have been paid to World War II veteran Neil Flanigan MBE, who died aged 99 on 21 March. Mr Flanigan, a former president of the West Indian Association of Service Personnel, would have turned 100 in May. The well-respected Windrush pioneer was born in Jamaica and travelled to England in 1943 to join the Royal Air Force (RAF). Stationed at Bomber Command in Lincolnshire during the war, he lived in basic bunkhouses while training to build and maintain the controls of fighter aircraft. |
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