It is time for the African-American community “to face the fact that Aids has become a black disease” and find ways to defeat it, said the chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People at the international Aids summit in Toronto, Canada, yesterday.

A GROUP of American black leaders including the Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are to boycott British oil giant BP, accusing it of exploiting customers and racially discriminating in its business practices.

A group of American black leaders including the Revs Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton are to boycott British oil giant BP, accusing the company of exploiting customers and racially discriminating in its business practices.

A settlement between Enron Corp and employee-related groups was approved by the US Bankruptcy Court, according to a statement issued by one of the groups, the Enron Employee Committee.