Aid delivery to Haiti’s earthquake-stricken south is slowly improving, but gangs continue to patrol key transport routes, international freight carriers have raised costs, and snags related to Brexit and COVID-19 are causing lengthy air and shipping delays.
Canada goes to the polls on Monday and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is banking on staying in power by claiming if re-elected he would ban people from protesting outside hospitals and other medical centres. He also accused his chief rival of supporting those who oppose COVID-19 vaccinations.
Schools in the Philippines reopened for the new academic year on Monday but millions of children remained at home for a second year of remote lessons that experts fear will worsen an educational “crisis”.
South Africa’s jailed former President Jacob Zuma has been granted medical parole. The 79-year-old is serving a 15-month sentence for contempt of court at Estcourt Correctional Centre.
The Covid Delta variant has swept across south-east Asia over recent months, prompting lockdowns and overwhelming hospitals with the Philippines hardest hit compounded by a chronic lack of health workers.
Windrush campaigners are even more concerned about compensation claimants being delayed for longer amid the Afghanistan crisis.
The Jamaica Tourist Board will be the headline destination of the new Caribbean Showcase in London on Sept. 23. Jamaica, like many Caribbean destinations, has been badly hit by the Covid pandemic.
Jerry Hynds, the Mayor of Roatan, celebrated his birthday on Sunday, grateful of being freed from a charge of attempting to smuggle cocaine with a street value of $24 million onto the island.
Brazil's president Jair Bolsonaro says he sees three possibilities for his future: re-election in 2022, death or prison.
Rodrigo Duterte, the Philippine president, has agreed to be the ruling political party’s vice-presidential candidate in next year’s elections, effectively paving the way to stay in power beyond his term if his party wins.
