Avellon Williams PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD- CARICOM and African Leaders engaged in its first African –Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit held virtually from Kenya on Tuesday 7 September 2021. Head of State of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley thanked the countries of Africa for letting Caricom nations participate in the African Medical Supply (AMSP) to […]
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Avellon Williams CARIBBEAN: In Early Modern English, the word ‘suffer,’ meant to tolerate, allow, or permit. But, since COVID-19 struck more than a year and a half ago, this word, ‘suffer’ pertaining to children has literally taken today’s meaning. All over the world, schools were among the first institutions to be closed to prevent the […]
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By Faith Nyasuguta CONAKRY, GUINEA– The colonel behind Guinea’s military coup has vowed to establish a unity government to inspect a transition period while indicating that there would be no “witch hunt” against the overthrown government. “A consultation will be launched to set down the broad parameters of the transition, and then a government of […]
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Zimbabwe has recorded close to 90 percent increase in veld fires which has seen three lives lost. The Environmental Management Agency (EMA) confirmed that an 84,97% increase in veld fire cases has been noted compared to last year during the same period.
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By Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA — Cuba on Monday become the first country in the world to vaccinate children from the age of two against the COVID-19 virus, using home-grown jabs not recognized by the World Health Organization. The island of 11.2 million people aims to vaccinate children before reopening schools. However, the government has announced schools […]
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By Avellon Williams To borrow a line from local Calypsonian; Timothy Watkins Jr. aka the Baron, “Mother earth is crying, Mother earth is dying. In case we don’t know, the planet is dying slowly.” This song, penned in 1994 seems prophetic, especially when one considers events that have happened over the last year. The 2019-2020 […]
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Europe to return all Covid vaccines exported from Africa into the Europe following new directive.
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Faith Nyasuguta Just months after Guinea President Alpha Conde assumed office for a third term, mutinous soldiers have captured him and announced on state television that the government has been dismissed in a coup. On Sunday evening, the nation’s special forces soldiers announced on state television that they have ousted President Alpha Conde. The troops […]
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Canisius Mushibwe Zuma, 79, who is serving a 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court at Estcourt Correctional Centre was released on parole after an ailment which has not been communicated. A statement from the correctional service indicates that Zuma will complete the rest of his sentence in the community under special conditions.
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Avellon Williams The hemisphere’s poorest nation, Haiti, was struck by a deadly 7.2-magnitude earthquake Saturday 14th August, 2021, pancaked buildings and destroyed homes leaving many homeless. Haitians already were struggling with the coronavirus, gang violence, worsening poverty and the July 7 assassination of president Jovenel Moise when the earthquake hit. Apart from the deaths and […]
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