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GEORGETOWN, Guyana CMC — Security will be strengthened security around Kaieteur Falls, following reports that the body found at the bottom of the tourist attraction, has been identified as that of Gyaneshwarie Sivanand, the woman who went missing two weeks ...

Photo above: A woman waits with her son outside the registration centre in Kos, just kilometres from the Turkish coast. For Syrians, the process is now easier, thanks to a ship-based registration centre docked at the island. For others, like this ...

By Dr. Anja Bienert IPS Guest Writer LONDON, England (IPS) — Everyone has the right to life. This principle is enshrined in Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and appears in numerous international treaties and national laws. ...

Photo above is of Randell Adjei. Photo by Jeannine Pitas. He’s made an inspiring “journey” from teen thug to celebrated youth leader By Melania Daniel PRIDE Guest Writer TORONTO, Ontario — It’s true a lot of bad things happened in ...

Photo above by Anthony Gebrehiwot. By Melania Daniel PRIDE Guest Writer TORONTO, Ontario — Randell Adjei is a very wise and talented young man. He has a thriving arts education and performance organization, RISE Edutainment, which he founded in 2012. Adjei ...

Social Entrepreneur Reframes The Perception What’s the first thing that comes to mind when you think about black males in the United States? That’s the question social entrepreneur Trabian Shorters would like more Americans to ask themselves. “I’d follow that ...

By Michael Van Cooten PRIDE Publisher and Editor For over two decades, Jamaicans have grown accustomed to seeing Dahlia Harris on national television as an evening-time sports presenter, a morning show host, and numerous other spots in between. She is ...

By Dr. Peter Sealy PRIDE Gust Columnist There are some people in the Black community, who still subscribe to the belief that when a child misbehaves, it is because they are possessed by the “devil”. Therefore, these people believe, that ...

Photo above: Migrants looking down from the mountain behind the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in Morocco. Credit: Andrea Pettrachin/IPS. By Andrea Pettrachin CEUTA (IPS) — In the middle of the mountains behind the border fence of Ceuta, the Spanish enclave in ...

Photo above: The migrants photographed here were being loaded on to a cargo plane in Kufra, located in southeastern Libya. Credit: Rebecca Murray/IPS. By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS (IPS) — The military conflicts and political instability driving hundreds of thousands of refugees ...