After serving for 30 years on the Georgia Supreme Court – six of those as the court’s first African American chief justice – Robert Benham is...
Kenya’s athletics authority barrs athletes from traveling to international events due to concerns over the coronavirus outbreak
Ethiopian Airlines: Flight control system - the Maneuvering Charcteristics Augmentation System (MCAS), defeated the pilots’ efforts to control the plane.
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has made a fervent appeal to the Americas, including the Caribbean, to prepare to respond to imported cases, outbreaks and...
Hamdok says he is in “good shape” and that what had happened would be “an additional push to the wheel of change in Sudan”.
Loop | Ghana and Trinidad & Tobago and Ghana have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for an Air Services Agreement. According to a statement issued...
Guyana High Court rules it has jurisdiction to hear injunction
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 rocked Trinidad & Tobago on Thursday night, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The Trinidad...
AFP | Guyana’s two main political parties were claiming victory with tensions rising as the oil-rich Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member nation awaits the results of its...
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara said, Thursday, he would not stand for re-election in October this year.
South Africa economy shrank by 1.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2019.
Joseph Jouthe appointed Prime Minister with the aim of lifting the country out of the crisis
If confirmed by the Senate, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. will become the rare black officer to sit on the elite Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Press Release | Johannesburg, South Africa – Over 200 leading African political, business, and diplomatic leaders gathered in Johannesburg for the 8th African Leadership Magazine Persons...
Guyana voting in general and regional elections
Any strategic partnership will be done on Africa’s terms
Even though the situation in Haiti is complex and there are a number of views on the way forward, it cannot continue without the intervention of...
Guyana to earn US$300 million from its share of oil sales this year.
AP | Malawi is expected to go to the polls for a fresh presidential election on May 19 after a court overturned last year’s vote, citing...
NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson dies
AP |South Sudan opened a new chapter in its fragile emergence from civil war Saturday as rival leaders formed a coalition government that many observers prayed...
The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) says it is working on a treatment protocol for the Caribbean as part of ongoing efforts to guard against the...
Reuters | An 18th century church crown stolen from Ethiopia decades ago has been returned from the Netherlands after it was found in a suitcase more...
The outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Allen Chastanet, yesterday said the region needs to do more to deal with the socio-economic and political situation...
Telecompaper | The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has hinted at the possibility of accommodating a 5th operator on the country’s telecommunications market in...
Canadian PM to meet with CARICOM leaders
Press Release | Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire – In several news reports, World Bank President David Malpass was recently quoted as saying some Multilateral Development Banks, including...
AP | Thirty years ago yesterday, Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years of imprisonment by South Africa’s apartheid regime and instantly galvanized the country, and...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded to the west of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Saturday. The Bureau of Mines and...
The issue of risk in Africa is often exaggerated, despite the risk of loss being lower than in Latin America, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Saturday,...
African Union slams US plan on Palestine-Israel dispute
Lesotho court charges Prime Minister’s wife with murder
Trinidad rattled by second earthquake in the same week.
Kenya: Former President Daniel Arap Moi dies
Malawi court cancels presidential election result, orders new vote
Reuters | Ministers from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan said on Friday a final agreement will be signed by the end of February on the giant Blue...
As the Caribbean struggles to respond to de-risking and other challenges in its financial sector, at least one Caribbean prime minister believes the solutions can be...
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) yesterday reported that an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 occurred near Jamaica, less than 24 hours after the island-nation...
AP | A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck in the Caribbean Sea between Jamaica and eastern Cuba on Tuesday, shaking a vast area from Mexico to...
The director of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), Carissa Etienne, is urging countries in the Americas, including those in the Caribbean, to be prepared to detect...
NBA legend Kobe Bryant has died in a helicopter crash aged just 41.
Press Release | Colonialism Reparation encourages the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to have more momentum in the request for reparations for the genocide of...
Nigeria arraigns ex-Justice Minister over $1.3 billion oil deal
Umaro Cissoko Embalo confirmed as winner of the presidential ballot in Guinea-Bissau
People affected by the cholera epidemic that swept through Haiti 10 years ago have asked the State and the international community to ensure that rights and...
Jovenel Moïse tries to govern Haiti without parliament
US Navy to name aircraft carrier for Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller
Will the biggest African Airport be in Ethiopia?
Haiti to achieve one year free of cholera
Reuters | Ethiopia proposes to hold its national vote on August 16, the electoral board said on Wednesday, the first poll under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed...
Haiti commemorates deadly 2010 quake in anger and bitterness
Ethiopian PM asks Ramaphosa to intervene in dispute over Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping says it continues to be “deeply concerned” at the ongoing political, economic, humanitarian and social situation in Haiti. CARICOM Chairman and...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 rocked several Caribbean countries earlier this week as countries in the region were being urged to continue monitoring the...
Ethiopia economy expects faster growth this fiscal year.
Major milestone for Kenyans living in Canada as the Kenyan Flag was raised for the first time by a Canadian Government in honor of Kenyan Canadians...
East Africa's largest retail chain, Nakumatt collapses
Bloomberg | Aliko Dangote, became US$4.3 billion richer in 2019 as his fortune continued to grow on the back of investments in cement, flour and sugar....
AP | The first black woman named to lead Philadelphia’s troubled police department pledged to be a “conduit” between the community and police and to address...
Bloomberg | Ghana is targeting its diaspora to raise US$3 billion in funding for economic development, said Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta. The West African nation will...
AP | Burundi’s president has again indicated he will not run for another term next year in the politically volatile East African nation. President Pierre Nkurunziza...
Xinhua | The African Union (AU) Commission on Monday announced that African leaders will convene the annual AU assembly summit on silencing the guns in February,...
Sudan has opened an investigation into crimes committed during Omar al-Bashir’s era, in the region of Darfur, the state prosecutor said. “We have launched an investigation...
The government of Trinidad & Tobago brought 2 marijuana reform bills before parliament late last month, one to decriminalize low-level possession and another to legalize cannabis...
AP | Ethiopia’s first-ever satellite has been launched into space by China. The earth observatory satellite is designed to help the East African nation gather data...
Moody’s Investors Service (Moody’s) on Wednesday raised Jamaica’s sovereign credit rating to ‘B2’ from ‘B3’ and assigned a stable outlook, citing as two key drivers behind...
The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group yesterday ended a 2-day summit in Nairobi, Kenya agreeing to rename the 45-year-old organization as the Organization of African,...
All Africans wishing to travel to Nigeria will now be able to get a visa on arrival from January, dropping the requirement that they apply in...
Roosevelt Skerrit was sworn in as Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, Sunday, hours after his Dominica Labour Party (DLP) was given a fourth consecutive...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on Saturday, inaugurated its diplomatic office in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, with Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley saying it could become the most...
Reuters | Police in Kenyan police arrested the Nairobi County governor, Mike Sonko, on Friday on corruption charges, a high profile move in the country’s much...
The government of St. Vincent & the Grenadines has announced a ban on the distribution, sale or use of plastic bags, single-use plastic bags and food...
AP | Namibia’s president won another term Saturday but the longtime ruling party lost its powerful two-thirds majority in its most challenging election since independence nearly...
AP | Sudan’s transitional government announced Friday it overturned a moral policing law that criminalized revealing clothing for women and drinking alcohol and moved to dissolve...
Grenada’s Prime Minister Keith Mitchell has denied media reports that his ruling New National Party (NNP) had received campaign financing from the Grenada Sustainable Aquaculture (GSA),...
By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu As Osibisa’s “Welcome Home” played in the background, 126 African Americans and Afro Caribbeans, dressed in colorful traditional costumes, became Ghana’s newest...
Reuters | Two former Guinea-Bissau prime ministers advanced on Wednesday to next month’s presidential run-off, the electoral commission said, with incumbent Jose Mario Vaz finishing a...
By Felix Tih and James Tasamba The decision of West African nations to withdraw forex reserves from France, “fraught with implications”, warn experts The proposal of...
Reuters | South African Airways has resolved a dispute over wages with 2 unions which have been on strike since November 15, the Commission for Conciliation,...
AP | For global music star Angélique Kidjo, that image of her grandmother having to use a closet as a bank is driving her desire to...
Premier Easton Taylor-Farrell was sworn into office on Tuesday, a few hours after leading his Movement for Change and Prosperity (MCAP) into reversing its 2014 electoral...
Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) grouping has reiterated its commitment to finding a peaceful solution to the political and economic...
AFP | Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse says he has begun closed-door talks with civil society groups and the private sector, as well as moderate elements of...
Reuters | On Wednesday, Ethiopia’s Sidama people will vote in a referendum on whether to form their own self-governing region in the southern part of the...
AP | Workers began striking Friday at South Africa’s troubled state-owned airline over nearly 1,000 expected job cuts, with flights now canceled until at least Tuesday....
AP | For more than 2 decades the citizens of Gambia knew life was deeply troubled under dictator Yahya Jammeh, who fled into exile nearly 3...
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has called on her Caribbean Community (CARICOM) counterparts to have more regular meetings to discuss issues critical to regional integration. Addressing...
AFP | Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan made a commitment to resolving a dispute over a large Ethiopian-led dam project after talks on Wednesday. The 3 nations...
AP | Daniel Cameron made history in a resounding win in the race for Kentucky attorney general, becoming the first African American in state history to...
A broad coalition of Haitian groups in the Haitian Diaspora wants an urgent resolution of the current political crisis in the French-speaking Caribbean country, saying that...
Reuters | President Mokgweetsi Masisi, sworn in for a 5-year term on Friday, promised to drive a transformation of Botswana’s economy, creating more jobs and countering...
Reuters | Kenya’s economy is likely to expand by 6.0 percent next year, rising from projected growth of 5.8 percent this year, due to a favorable...
AP | Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institution...
AFP | Mozambique’s incumbent President Filipe Nyusi has won re-election in a predictable landslide victory that will put him in office for a 2nd term of...
Guyana’s President David Granger returned home Tuesday night from Cuba after having completed a scheduled medical evaluation following his diagnosis with non-Hodgkin Lymphoma last year. A...
Reuters | Delaware Governor John Carney nominated on Thursday the first African American to serve on the state’s supreme court and also nominated a current member...
AP | Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi will remain in office after his ruling party won enough parliament seats in this week’s election, the country’s chief justice...
AP | Music artist and actress Queen Latifah was among the honorees recognized by Harvard University for their contributions to black history and culture. Harvard awarded...
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) says it will give an opinion “within a reasonable time” as it concluded hearing arguments in the request for an...
By Adam Valavanis Sierra Leone currently ranks as one of the least developed countries in the world, with a gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of...
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says he intends to make his country, the most modern nation in the Caribbean by the next 20 years. “Jamaica must...
Students from the Faculty of Law and Economics of the State University of Haiti (UEH) are continuing their hunger strike to force President Jovenel Moïse out...
International credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) says The Bahamas may actually be able to recover from the catastrophic Hurricane Dorian without too much economic...
AP | President Jovenel Moïse broke his silence Tuesday and said it would be irresponsible for him to resign amid Haiti’s unrest, which has entered a...
Reuters | Ethiopia postponed by a week a referendum on self-determination for its ethnic Sidama community that would have created the country’s 10th autonomous region, Fana...
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said yesterday that it is “deeply concerned” about the protracted political crisis in Haiti where opposition parties have been staging street demonstrations...
Reuters | Former South African president Jacob Zuma will appeal a high court decision to deny him a permanent stay of prosecution on charges related to...
AP | Haiti’s embattled president faced a 5th week of protests on Monday as road blocks went up across the country after opposition leaders said they...
AP | Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2019 in recognition of his efforts to end his country’s 2-decade border conflict...
AP | Haiti’s economy is paralyzed. Demonstrators fight police, block roads and loot stores several times a week. President Jovenel Moïse is avoiding public appearances. And...
AFP | Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince and other major cities in the Caribbean country have been convulsed by widespread protests demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse....
Reuters | During a high-level meeting at Ethiopia’s foreign ministry in July, officials were shocked by social media reports that their prime minister was visiting Eritrea....
Reuters | Montgomery, the capital of the southern U.S. state of Alabama, known as the birthplace of the civil rights movement for its 1950s bus boycotts...
Jamaica has launched a National Tree Planting initiative that will aim to plan 3 million timber and ornamental trees over the next 3 years. The initiative...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 rattled 3 Caribbean islands early Monday, but there have been no reports of injuries or damage, the Trinidad &...
AP | Haitians braced for more upheaval as opposition leaders, emboldened by a massive protest demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse, pledged to remain on...
AP | Irrigation ministers of three key Nile Basin countries were meeting Friday in Sudan’s capital, seeking to resolve differences over Ethiopia’s soon-to-be-finished Blue Nile dam,...
Caribbean Ministers of health, agreed on a collective approach to eliminate more than 30 communicable diseases and related conditions in Latin America and the Caribbean by...
AP | Nigeria’s president on Thursday called “unacceptable” the recent deadly attacks on foreigners in South Africa that angered many African countries and led to an...
AP | The operation dubbed “Find Jovenel Moïse” organized by opposition leaders demanding the resignation of Haiti’s president ended abruptly when he appeared at the National...
AP | Thousands of demonstrators set fires Monday and chanted calls for Haiti’s president to resign as the opposition to Jovenel Moïse tried to increase pressure...
Guyana President David Granger has announced March 2, 2020 as the earliest date for fresh regional and general elections, more than a year after his coalition...
The Government of Trinidad & Tobago says it is working through its various agencies to take all necessary steps to prepare for the impact of tropical...
The Chairperson of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), Justice Claudette Singh, says an election can be held by the end of February next year. Guyana’s President...
AFP | A lawyer representing relatives of victims killed in an Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crash said Tuesday he is seeking documents from manufacturer Boeing and...
AP | The US National Hurricane Center says it expects Hurricane Humberto to lash Bermuda with high winds and heavy rain later this week. The centre...
The Holness administration has indicated that it is committed to holding referenda to decide on a number of issues of national importance, including replacing Queen Elizabeth...
AP | One woman and her husband huddled on top of a bedroom dresser for two days, surrounded by floodwaters. Another man sat in his wheelchair...
The growing intensity of weather systems is the new norm, and the way business is done in the Caribbean has to change, says Barbados’ Prime Minister...
Reuters | South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar have agreed to form a transitional government by the middle of November, the information...
The Bahamas Government says it has suspended the crackdown on illegal migrants in the Abacos and Grand Bahama, as the death toll from the passage of...
The Prime Ministers of St. Lucia and Barbados touched down in The Bahamas earlier today to hold talks with Bahamian Prime Minister Hubert Minnis about relief...
AP | Robert Mugabe, the longtime leader of Zimbabwe who was forced to resign in 2017, has died at 95. His successor, Emmerson Mnangagwa, confirmed Mugabe’s...
PRNewswire | A few weeks ago, Grammy-nominated rapper, Jeezy announced a new partnership with telecommunications entrepreneur, Freddie Figgers, founder of Figgers Communications. Through this partnership, Jeezy...
Bahamians who have not been impacted by Hurricane Dorian are being urged to open their homes and hearts to those who have suffered loss as a...
Reuters | Sudan’s prime minister has approved 14 members of his cabinet, the first to be appointed since the fall of long-term leader Omar al-Bashir in...
Antigua & Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne has described the establishment of the 4th campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) here as a...
Freeport, Bahamas – AP | Practically parking itself over the Bahamas for a day and a half, Hurricane Dorian pounded away at the islands Tuesday in...
AP | Hurricane Dorian struck the northern Bahamas on Sunday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, its nearly 300 km/h (186 mph) winds ripping off roofs...
Reuters | Ethiopia on Thursday granted its ethnic Sidama community a referendum in November on self-determination, with a view to creating the country’s 10th autonomous region,...
Reuters | Residents of Barbados and other Caribbean islands braced for heavy rains as tropical storm Dorian churned west-northwest, with officials cautioning that it could approach...
A tropical storm warning is now in effect for several island-nations in the Eastern Caribbean as Tropical Storm Dorian continues to trek towards the chain of...
VOA | Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse has survived an impeachment vote in parliament, ending a weekslong push by opposition parties to unseat him over corruption and...
Passengers arriving at the Grantley Adams International Airport here will no longer be required to fill out immigration/customs forms, also known as ED forms, as of...
Reuters | Nigeria marked 3 years free of endemic wild polio on Wednesday with health officials saying the nation’s progress in fighting the crippling viral disease...
The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Gary Bodeau says legislators will seek to resume their attempt today to debate a motion aimed at impeaching President...
“Africa must not be under-ambitious!” – Akinwumi Adesina AfDB | The African Development Bank’s US$13 billion investment in Southern African region since 2012 is delivering...
AFP | Sudan’s deposed military leader Omar al-Bashir, who ruled the country for 30 years, arrived in court Monday, August 19, in Khartoum for the start...
Reuters | Sudan’s main opposition coalition and the ruling military council on Saturday signed a final power-sharing agreement, paving the way for a transitional government following...
The Government of Guyana is predicting a 4.5 percent growth of the local economy after recording a 4 percent increase for the first 6 months of...
Reuters | Sudan’s main opposition alliance will nominate economist Abdalla Hamdok to serve as prime minister in the country’s transitional government, sources told Reuters on Thursday....
Tullow Oil, Monday said that it had discovered “high quality” oil-bearing sandstone reservoirs after drilling the Jethro-1 exploration well in the Orinduik Block, offshore Guyana in...
The government of St. Lucia has given the nod to the re-establishment of a marijuana commission that has been given the mandate to consult and provide...
Jamaica and Kenya have signed 4 agreements, which will facilitate collaboration in sports, culture, tourism, among other areas. The signing followed a bilateral meeting between Jamaican...
The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Gary Bodeau, says a motion to indict President Jovenel Moïse for treason will be placed on the agenda ahead...
Bloomberg | Somalia President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo voluntarily renounced his U.S. citizenship, a country where he lived, received education and worked. “This follows the completion of...
AP | Mozambique’s president and the leader of the Renamo opposition signed a peace accord on Thursday to end years of hostilities that followed a 15-year...
The Trinidad & Tobago-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) will sit in October to hear a request for an advisory opinion by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)....
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Resident Representative for Jamaica, Constant Lonkeng Ngouana, says that the island-nation has made tremendous progress over the last 6 years and is...
Reuters | Nigeria is backing its commitment to join Africa’s recently agreed free trade zone by setting up a committee to implement the agreement, and promising...
The Barbados-based Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and Hydrology (CIMH) is warning about “recurrent episodes of heat stress” as it noted that the drought situation is continuing....
By Simon Clark Unraveling of Ghana project sets back America’s plan to counter China’s growing influence in Africa. When the U.S. government’s private-investment arm teamed with...
Doctors treating Guyana President David Granger for non-Hodgkin lymphoma have expressed “satisfaction” with the latest results of his tests in Cuba, “and indeed his recovery process”,...
Reuters | Zimbabwe’s Tourism Minister Prisca Mupfumira has been detained for questioning by a newly formed Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), it said on Thursday. Mupfumira is...
Reuters | Kenya’s presidency Labor Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani as Finance Cabinet Secretary on Wednesday, a day after incumbent Henry Rotich was charged with corruption. Rotich,...
St. Vincent & the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves says he has written to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth requesting that retired educator, Susan Dougan, be named as...
AFP | Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse on Monday named Fritz-William Michel prime minister, following the resignation of his predecessor who failed to win parliamentary approval for...
Reuters | Kenyan Cabinet Secretary of National Treasury (Finance Minister) Henry Rotich was arrested on Monday on suspicion of corruption related to the construction of two...
Reuters | Kenya unveiled Africa’s largest wind power plant on Friday, a project aimed at reducing electricity costs and dependence on fossil fuels and moving the...
AP | Former South African president Jacob Zuma on Friday abandoned his testimony to a state commission probing corruption allegations against him, asserting that he was...
Bloomberg | Ethiopia’s electoral agency plans to conduct a referendum this year on the creation of a 10th state, the first of a series of votes...
Barbados is considering building dams in some agricultural areas to deal with the drought situation, Agriculture and Food Security Minister, Indar Weir, has said. Several Caribbean...
AP | Sudan’s pro-democracy movement and the ruling military council signed a document early Wednesday that outlines a power-sharing deal, but both sides are still at...
The Organization of American States (OAS) says Grenada’s Permanent Representative, Yolande Smith, has assumed the chair of the OAS Permanent Council. The chair of the Permanent...
Aljazeera | Leaders from 8 West African countries met in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Friday to discuss ditching their currency – the CFA franc – for...
AP | A transition agreement between Sudan’s ruling military council and a pro-democracy coalition was scheduled to be signed Saturday, a top African Union (AU) diplomat...
The African Continental Free Trade Area is the largest since the creation of the World Trade Organization in 1994 AFP | African nations officially launched a...
Dominica Prime Minster Roosevelt Skerrit says the ban on single-use plastic bags will take effect from 2020. He said that about a 100,000 re-usable shopping bags...
Outgoing Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, Timothy Harris, praised the regional integration grouping for its stance on the economic and political situation in Venezuela, saying it must...
AP | Leaders of Sudan’s pro-democracy movement on Friday welcomed a new power-sharing agreement with the ruling military council as a victory for their “revolution,” raising...
Reuters | Nigeria will sign an Africa free trade agreement at the coming African Union summit, according to a statement posted on the Nigeria presidency’s Twitter...
Reuters | Bob Collymore, the chief executive who helped to turn wireless company Safaricom, into East Africa’s most profitable company with an US$11 billion valuation, has...
AFP | A special government panel has recommended that President Muhammadu Buhari sign Nigeria up for a landmark African free trade agreement, ahead of a key...
AP | Guyana’s State Assets Recovery Agency says it has launched an investigation into whether corruption played a role in the previous government’s 2015 decision to...
A Kenyan tribunal canceled an environment license for a planned US$2 billion coal-power plant near the coastal town of Lamu, saying the developers hadn’t consulted the...
AP |A leading Sudanese opposition figure said on Wednesday the African Union (AU) and Ethiopia will present a new and joint proposal for a solution to...
AP | Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, a retired general who served as defense minister before being picked as the chosen successor to Mauritania’s outgoing president, won the...
The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) says 9 regional countries have increased their level of coverage as the Caribbean completed its insurance portfolio for the...
Press Release | The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) ruled on a trio of cases related to the motion of no confidence that was made in...
AP | Sudan’s military council is urging protest leaders to resume negotiations on the transition of power, but says talks “should not be preconditioned.” Gen. Abdel-Fattah...
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse yesterday met with representatives from various sectors on Monday in an effort to find a solution to the political crisis gripping the...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.7 rattled Trinidad & Tobago on Tuesday, but there were no immediate reports of injury or damage. The Seismic Research...
AP | Egypt’s former president, Mohammed Mursi, the Muslim Brotherhood leader who rose to office in the country’s first free elections in 2012 and was removed...
Jamaican Prime Minister, Andrew Holness says a visa waiver agreement is to be implemented between Jamaica and Ghana. Holness said the Foreign Affairs Ministers of both...
Reuters | Sudan’s ex-president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was removed...
Embattled Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, insisting that he will not allow “anyone to put chaos and disorder in the country under any pretext,’ on Wednesday said...
The Trinidad & Tobago Court of Appeal has dismissed a judicial review by former international football official Austin Jack Warner, challenging his extradition to the United...
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse will not bow to demands of protesters and resign amid allegations of embezzlement of funds linked to the PetroCaribe oil initiative, according...
AFP | Protest leaders have agreed to end a campaign of civil disobedience launched after a crackdown on demonstrators and to resume talks with Sudan‘s ruling...
AFP | Several thousand demonstrators marched through Port-au-Prince on Sunday to demand the resignation of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse over allegations of embezzlement. Led by dozens...