AFRICA | Wretched of the Earth has been translated into South Africa’s Zulu language – why Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary book still matters
Frantz Fanon was an influential psychiatrist, Algerian revolutionary and pan-African thinker who was born on the Caribbean island of Martinique. His work – and particularly his final book The Wretched of the Earth (1961) – is still widely referenced to understand the fight against colonialism and also the postcolonial era in Africa. This global classic has already been translated into numerous l...
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AFRICA | Somalia army vs al-Shabaab: as African Union troops leave, which is the stronger military force?
The African Union (AU) has gradually reduced its troop numbers in Somalia since late 2017, from a peak of over 22,000 to about 14,000 today. Another 4,000 AU peacekeepers are scheduled to withdraw by the end of September and the entire AU Transition Mission in Somalia is scheduled to leave by 31 December 2024.
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JAMAICA | Justice Delayed - The Fight to Clear Marcus Garvey's Name: Exoneration, not Pardon!
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, August 18, 2024 - August 17 marked the 137th birth anniversary of Jamaica's National Hero Marcus Mosiah Garvey. He was born on August 17, 1887, in St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, and passed away on June 10, 1940, in London, England. At the time of his death, he was 52 years old.
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JAMAICA | PNP wants the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA) Board to Resign
Kingston, Jamaica. August 19, 2024: The Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) is calling for the resignation of the board of the Cannabis Licensing Authority (CLA). In addition, the opposition party is reiterating its demand for the Auditor General (AG) to investigate the increasing reports of mismanagement within the agency responsible for regulating Jamaica’s ganja and hemp industry.
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JAMAICA | People’s National Party condemns Cherry Tree Lane Massacre
KINGSTON Jamaica. August 12, 2024: The People’s National Party has expressed profound shock and has condemned last night’s horrific and senseless massacre of eight individuals, including a child, and the injury of nine others in the Cherry Tree Lane community, Four Paths, Clarendon.
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Who were the first Africans at the Olympics? The disturbing story of two 1904 marathon runners
Who were the first Africans to compete in the modern Olympic Games? The answer to that question reveals the surprising story of a 1904 marathon – and exposes the history of racism and white supremacy that characterised the Olympics in its early days....
State Department Gets Push Back by LatAm, Caribbean Countries Against Biden’s Cuba Designation
WASHINGTON DC, June 17, 2024, CEPR - In the last few weeks, a number of governments in Latin America and the Caribbean have renewed their calls for the Biden administration to take Cuba off the State Department’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism (SSOT), a designation that severely restricts countries’ access to international financing....
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Yvette Clarke, Vice Chair of Congressional Black Caucus, Hakeem Jerreries, Minority Leader
NEW YORK NY, December 3, 2022 - Caribbean American Democratic Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke has been elected as the first vice chair of the The United States Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). Clarke,...
Wymara Turks And Caicos Announces New Ownership Structure
CaribPR Wire, Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, Fri. April 1, 2022: Wymara Resort and Villas, Turks and Caicos, today announced that long-time Managing Director Bruce Maclaren has purchased the s...
World Peace Council deeply concerned about the circle of bloodshed in Palestine and Israel
MONTEGO BAY, October 8, 2023 -The World Peace Council (WPC) says it is concerned asbout what it described as "the circle of bloodshed" in Palestine and Israel, as it reacts to the recent militarary in...
World Court Rules: Venezuela must take no action to seize Essequibo
THE HAGUE, Netherlands. December 1, 2023 - The International Court of Justice on Friday ruled that Venezuela must not take any action to seize Guyana’s county of Essequibo based on its December ...
World Coaches Day Awards & Gala Returns After A Two Year Break
NEW YORK, NY. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2022 -- This year's World Coaches Day event will be held on November 13, at the Jericho Terrace Banquet Hall, Long Island, New York, and promises to be even more exci...
With Prigozhin Gone What’s Next for the Wagner Group in Africa
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica, August 23, 2023 - In the aftermath of Wednesday's presumed fiery demise of the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in his private plane that crashed north of Mosco...
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