AfricaLocal NewsWorld Global icon challenges Barbados to lead on world stage by Ryan Gilkes 29/08/2024 written by Ryan Gilkes 3 min read In a stirring address at a packed Frank Collymore Hall, Dame Graça Machel, former First Lady of Mozambique and South Africa, called on Barbados to assert itself as a global … Continue Reading 29/08/2024 0 comments FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaWorld WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency by Barbados Today 14/08/2024 by Barbados Today 14/08/2024 LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency on Wednesday, with cases confirmed among children and adults in … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaBusinessLocal News Nigerian bank to establish Caribbean presence by Dawne Parris 18/06/2024 by Dawne Parris 18/06/2024 A Nigerian multinational commercial bank is making moves to set up in the Caribbean, promising improved access to financial services and expanded digital services. Aigboje Imoukhuede, Chairman of the Lagos-headquartered … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaLocal NewsRegionalWorld Why no free trade agreement between Caribbean and Africa? by Dawne Parris 12/06/2024 by Dawne Parris 12/06/2024 “If a region as small as the Caribbean can negotiate a reciprocal free trade agreement with Europe, then why should we not be able to do one with Africa?” That … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaWorld Ghana passes bill making identifying as LGBTQ+ illegal by Barbados Today 28/02/2024 by Barbados Today 28/02/2024 Ghana’s parliament has passed a tough new bill that imposes a prison sentence of up to three years for anyone convicted of identifying as LGBTQ+. It also imposes a maximum … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaNewsWorld Seventy-year-old Ugandan woman gives birth to twins by Barbados Today 01/12/2023 by Barbados Today 01/12/2023 BBC – A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following IVF treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaNewsWorld Fifty die in Ethiopia amid drought and aid freeze by Barbados Today 23/11/2023 by Barbados Today 23/11/2023 BBC – More than 50 people have died in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray and Amhara regions amid drought and an aid freeze, local officials have told the BBC. The Horn of … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaAgricultureAsiaClimate ChangeNewsWorld Sugar prices are rising worldwide after bad weather tied to El Nino damaged crops in Asia by Barbados Today 20/11/2023 by Barbados Today 20/11/2023 AP – Skyrocketing sugar prices left Ishaq Abdulraheem with few choices. Increasing the cost of bread would mean declining sales, so the Nigerian baker decided to cut his production by … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaEditorialHaitiNewsRegionalWorld #BTEditorial – African leadership in Haiti peace plan by Barbados Today 29/09/2023 by Barbados Today 29/09/2023 An increasing number of African nations are coming into their own and commanding their place on the world stage where their contribution to human and social development is being recognised. … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
AfricaNewsWorld Niger’s coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’ by Barbados Today 14/08/2023 by Barbados Today 14/08/2023 NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s mutinous soldiers said they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for “high treason” and undermining state security, in an announcement hours after the junta said they were … Read more FacebookTwitterLinkedinWhatsappEmail
