ROSEAU, Dominica (CMC) – Dominica’s politicians closed ranks and congratulated Baroness Patricia Scotland who was elected as the first female secretary general of the Commonwealth Secretary General in Malta on Friday. Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit’s administration had nominated the former ...
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Baroness Scotland Elected As Commonwealth’s New Secretary General
VALLETTA, Malta (CMC) — Britain’s former attorney general Baroness Patricia Scotland was elected Secretary General of the Commonwealth, last Friday, replacing the outgoing Indian former foreign affairs minister, Kamlesh Sharma. Baroness Scotland who was nominated by Dominica for the post, ...
Read More »Jamaica Police Intensify Probe Into Disappearance Of Family Of Four
KINGSTON, Jamaica (CMC) – Three weeks after a family of four went missing from the community of Lime Hall in the northern parish of St. Ann, the police have intensified their probe. The missing, including a seven year old and ...
Read More »Ethiopia: The Biggest African Refugee Camp No One Talks About
By James Jeffrey IPS Africa Correspondent ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (IPS) — On a sunny November day in Addis Ababa the courtyard of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) centre is packed with people—some attend a United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ...
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