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Haitian Prime Minister Lamothe speaks during a commitment workshop on the second day of the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 (CGI)

Haitian Prime Minister Says Cholera Under Control After Killing 7,400

After a cholera epidemic in Haiti killed more than 7,400 people in the last two years, Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe said the disease has been brought under control. While Lamothe said the nation is grateful for the assistance it received from the international community, some Haitians are blaming peacekeepers from Nepal are responsible for [...]

P J Patterson

Former Jamaican Prime Minister P J Patterson Defends Caricom

FORMER Prime Minister P J Patterson says Jamaica’s trade deficit with non-Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries deserves as much attention as that being given to the imbalance with the regional bloc. “Recently, there have been expressions of righteous indignation on the large trade deficit with Caricom, particularly Trinidad and Tobago. There is good reason to be [...]

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Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Amollo Odinga Demands EU Attack Somalia

Kenya’s prime minister has asked for funds and troops from the US and Europe in a “final onslaught” on the Somali port of Kismayo, the main stronghold of the Islamist militant group al-Shabab. Raila Odinga said Kenyan forces would get to Kismayo by August and said beating al-Shabab would need “an operation by land, sea [...]

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: African Immigrants A Danger To Israel’s National Identity

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday the phenomenon of African migrants infiltrating the country was a danger to Israel’s national identity. Netanyahu said the number of migrants, which today stands at around 60,000, could increase to 600,000 if untreated and that the “flood of migrants” could negatively influence the Jewish and democratic nature of the [...]