Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- In Peru’s southern Andes, the Cconchaccota lagoon is a source of life for local communities, which depend on it for fishing and for attracting migratory birds and animals. However, the lagoon’s surface is now covered in yellow grass and cracked soil, 4,100 metres above sea level. Peru’s central and southern Andes are experiencing their driest […]
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Avellon Williams PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI- An estimated 12 people have been killed and houses destroyed by gang members in a small town near Haiti’s capital, according to the Mayor. Joseph Jeanson Guillaume on Wednesday said gangsters were forced to leave Cabaret several days earlier, but then they returned and attacked residents. “This morning we found several charred bodies,” Guillaume […]
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Avellon Williams HAVANA, CUBA- In a rare trip outside Cuba last week, Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced that China, Russia, Algeria, and Turkey had agreed to restructure Cuba’s debt, supply new trade and investment financing, and ease an energy crisis. It would be greatly appreciated if any assistance could be provided to Cuba during this time of crisis. […]
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Avellon Williams SENEGAL- In Saint-Die-des-Voges, France, Kalidou Koulibaly was born on 20 June 1991 to Senegalese parents. It took his father five years to save up enough money for his mother to be able to go to France after he worked seven days a week in a textile mill in Senegal. Growing up in Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, he revealed […]
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Avellon Williams UNITED KINGDOM- It will be hard for Britons to find free-range turkeys and geese this Christmas due to the country’s biggest avian flu outbreak ever, an industry official said. As a general rule, British farmers produce 1.2 million to 1.3 million free-range birds during the festive season, according to Richard Griffiths, chief executive of […]
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Avellon Williams GHANA- Lawrence Ati-Zigi was born in Accra, Ghana, on 29 November 1996 to Murali (father) and Shobha (mother). Zigi’s father died from a serious illness when he was 12 years old. He grew up with his mother, grandmother, and two sisters. “I started playing football at the age of six as an outfield player. I was not […]
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Avellon Williams SOMALIA- On Monday, Somali security forces ended an hours-long siege by Al-Qaeda-linked insurgents who stormed a prominent hotel in the capital Mogadishu, killing eight civilians. In a hail of bullets and explosions, Al-Shabaab militants attacked the Villa Rose, a popular hotel among politicians and government officials, on Sunday at around 8:00 pm (1700 GMT). […]
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Avellon Williams HONDURAS- As part of a state of emergency declared against criminal gangs in Honduras, more than 600 military police officers moved to its borders with El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua on Sunday. Despite its small size, the country suffers from poverty, gang violence, and drug trafficking-related violence. On Thursday, President Xiomara Castro declared an […]
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Avellon Williams TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO- The UN Economic Commission for Latin America estimates that 82 million people will be in extreme poverty in 2022 as a result of a slow pandemic recovery and high inflation. According to Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, Executive Secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), “it has […]
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Avellon Williams CAMEROON- Breel Embolo, a Cameroonian-born forward, scored the only goal to ensure the indomitable Lions lost 1-0 to Switzerland at the Al Janoub Stadium, in Qatar, World Cup 2022. The hearts of Cameroonian fans were broken by none other than Embolo, who originated in the Central African country. But who is he? Who is Breel Embolo? Breel Donald Embolo was born on 14 February 1997 […]
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