The EU’s agency for fundamental rights calls on countries of the grouping to end this shameful and infuriating phenomenon.

The study is based on interviews with 6 000 people in 12 European countries.

It finds one in three people of African descent experienced racial harassment in the past year.

One in ten has been stoped by police.

Five percent have been victims of police brutality.

Finland is the worst culprit with 60 percent of people surveyed finding racism commonplace.

Britain and Malta fare best with one-fifth of black residents reporting racist behaviour.

The study will be presented to the European Parliament next week which has only three black MPs in its 751-member chamber.

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Having failed to persuade the President  that he should keep his job, Gigaba quit on the eve of Cyril  Ramaphosa’s trip to the European Parliament in Strasbourg and South Africa- European Union summit in Brussels.

Just last week, Malusi Gigaba vowed he would not step down.

He did not give reasons for his resignation in his letter yesterday (Tuesday) to President Cyril Ramaphosa.

It follows a report by the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane that Gigaba violated the executive ethics code by lying under oath about dealings with the Anglo American Corporation and circulation of an embarrassing sex tape he said he made for his wife.

Gigaba was also heavily criticized for granting citizenship to members of the wealthy Indian family the Guptas accused of corrupt dealings with former President Jacob Zuma.

Opposition politicians said Gigaba had done the honorable thing by falling on his sword.

Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane  said Gigaba had done profound damage to state owned enterprises and to South Africa’s tourism industry.

He had done enormous harm to the economy and demonstrated that he could not be trusted.

Transport Minister Blade Nzimande has been asked to step in as Home Affairs Minister until a permanent appointment is made.

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The move designed to forster national dialogue is the first admission by the Addis Ababa government that it’s holding political prisoners.

More than 500 people will follow Merera Gudina out of jail in a move designed to promote reconciliation and brush up Ethiopia’s parlous international human rights record.

The  leader of the Oromo Federalist Congress was welcomed by thousands of people at his home.

He was facing charges, including association with terrorist groups after making a critical speech to the European Parliament.

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn’s  announced the government will Maekelawi – a detention facility in the capital, Addis Ababa, allegedly used as a torture chamber.

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