NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON D.C., 10 January 2023 – An estimated 5 million children died before their fifth birthday and another 2.1 million children and youth aged between 5–24 years lost their lives in 2021, according to the latest estimates released by the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME). In a separate report […]
By CARICOM A Happy New Year to you all! We usher in a most auspicious year for both the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and The Bahamas, as we both celebrate our 50th Anniversaries. For our Community, this milestone comes at a time when regional co-operation has never been more urgent and necessary. The shock of and […]
By Jolanta Burke & Justin Laiti, The Conversation Although Christmas only lasts a few days each year, many of us spend months planning for it. But as enjoyable as all the parties and festivities might be, many people find they feel a bit burnt-out once the holidays have come and gone. This feeling has even […]
President of Suriname Chandrikapersad Santokhi, the outgoing chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), declared that the region made significant progress in his outgoing statement. He reflected on the past few months of 2022 and CARICOM’s achievements. He mentioned preparations to celebrate the 50th anniversary of signing the Treaty of Chaguaramas and the critical decision to […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE – AUGUST 21: People buying and selling stuffs in front of a collapsed building in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti on August 21 2010. (Shutterstock) By press.un.org Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the Security Council briefing on Haiti, in New York today: Thank you for the opportunity to make introductory remarks on the […]
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – December 06, 2022: Russian President Putin Attends A Youth Forum In Moscow. President Vladimir Putin in meeting. (Shutterstock) By Rachel Kyte, The Conversation The year 2022 was a tough one for the growing number of people living in food insecurity and energy poverty around the world, and the beginning of 2023 is […]
Wednesday, December 28, 2022 — The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) in partnership with the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) are pleased to announce that twenty-one start-ups from the OECS have been selected to participate in the second cohort of the Eastern Caribbean Green Entrepreneurship Incubator program. The Incubator program is a free, carefully […]
Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico 17-10-2022 Nearly 600 Venezuelan migrants are stranded in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua after being expelled from the United States under title 42. (Shutterstock) By Ariane de Vogue and Priscilla Alvarez, CNN CNN — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that the controversial Trump-era border restriction known as Title 42 will remain in effect while […]
Photo: Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer By harvard.edu Claudine Gay, a widely admired higher education leader and distinguished scholar of democracy and political participation, will become the 30th president of Harvard University on July 1. Since 2018, Gay has served as the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), the University’s largest […]
By Frank Dobson, The Conversation On Dec. 26, millions throughout the world’s African community will start weeklong celebrations of Kwanzaa. There will be daily ceremonies with food, decorations and other cultural objects, such as the kinara, which holds seven candles. At many Kwanzaa ceremonies, there is also African drumming and dancing. It is a time […]