UNESCO: HAITI’S “SOUP JOUMOU” LISTED AS CULTURAL HERITAGE
Avellon Williams December 17, 2021
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UNESCO: HAITI’S “SOUP JOUMOU” LISTED AS CULTURAL HERITAGE

Avellon Williams  PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- (CULTURE) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared the Haitian “Soup Joumou” an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity at its 16th intergovernmental session on Thursday, December 16, 2021. Ambassadors from UNESCO visited the Haitian representative office following the adoption of the “Soup Joumou” and sampled its delicious giraumon soup. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General […]

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UN: ONE-THIRD OF ARABS SUFFER FROM HUNGER
Avellon Williams December 17, 2021
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UN: ONE-THIRD OF ARABS SUFFER FROM HUNGER

Avellon Williams  CAIRO, EGYPT- United Nations reports that one-third of the 420 million people in the Arab world lack enough food to eat. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the number of malnourished people in the Arab world increased by 4.8 million between 2019 and 2020, approaching 16 percent of the population. Several […]

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NIGERIAN POLICE GET SALARY INCREASE, TAX WAIVER
Faith Nyasuguta December 17, 2021
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NIGERIAN POLICE GET SALARY INCREASE, TAX WAIVER

Faith Nyasuguta  The government of Nigeria has given a nod to a 20 per cent salary increase for police officers. In the wake of mass protests against police brutality in 2020 dubbed #EndSars, President Muhammadu Buhari vowed to give the police a pay rise. Following a Wednesday cabinet meeting, police Affairs Minister Muhammad Maigari Dingyadi […]

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MASSIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ EXODUS HITS ZIMBABWE
Faith Nyasuguta December 17, 2021
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MASSIVE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS’ EXODUS HITS ZIMBABWE

Faith Nyasuguta  At least 2,200 Zimbabwe health professionals have left the country for jobs in the US, UK, Australia and neighbouring states amid growing cases of Covid-19. The nation’s Health Service Board says the number is more than twice the number of doctors, nurses and pharmacists who left last year, and thrice the number that […]

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HAITI’S GANG RELEASES REMAINING 12 MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED
Avellon Williams December 16, 2021
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HAITI’S GANG RELEASES REMAINING 12 MISSIONARIES KIDNAPPED

Avellon Williams  PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- Haiti’s National Police spokesman Garry Desrosiers and two United States Government Officials confirmed today that the remaining 12 hostages taken by the Haitian gang more than two months ago have been released. The 17 missionaries were abducted by a notorious gang, 400 Mawozo, just east of Port-au-Prince. Among the kidnapped were 12 adults and 5 children, including an 8-month-old.  Missionaries […]

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HAITI’S GOV’T AND UNIONS REACH AGREEMENT ON FUEL PRICES
Avellon Williams December 16, 2021
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HAITI’S GOV’T AND UNIONS REACH AGREEMENT ON FUEL PRICES

Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – The Government of Haiti and the unions representing transport workers signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday, barely a week after Prime Minister Ariel Henry ordered an increase in fuel prices. Anderson Desroches, the union representative, said the main topics of the agreement were wages, regularizing motorcycle taxis, and issuing driving […]

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JACOB ZUMA ORDERED BACK TO JAIL AFTER MEDICAL PAROLE
Faith Nyasuguta December 16, 2021
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JACOB ZUMA ORDERED BACK TO JAIL AFTER MEDICAL PAROLE

Faith Nyasuguta  The high court in South Africa has directed the return to jail of former president Jacob Zuma. The order invalidates a previous decision to free Zuma on parole on medical grounds. Zuma, 79, was sentenced to 15 months in prison after repeatedly refusing to appear before an inquiry commission probing corruption during his […]

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