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Bert Wilkinson

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (1887-1940) Jamaican-born Pan-Africanist publisher, journalist and orator. Founder in 1914 of the Universal Negro Improvement Association aimed at uniting Africa and its diaspora.
Jamaica

Joe Biden in 11th hour pardons Marcus Garvey

By Bert Wilkinson
Ex-rebellion Ronnie Brunswijk speaks on the mobile phone on June 30, 2010 in Paramaribo. Brunswijk was among 50 people to be sworn in as member of Suriname parliament (DNA).
Suriname

Suriname’s VP in hot water

By Bert Wilkinson
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Stuart Young.
Trinidad & Tobago

Stuart Young gets the nod to replace Rowley

By Bert Wilkinson
Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, speaks onstage during the 2024 Concordia Annual Summit at Sheraton New York Times Square on Sept. 24, 2024 in New York City.
Guyana

Black officer sidelined

By Bert Wilkinson
Haitian President of the Presidential Transition Council Leslie Voltaire attends the inauguration ceremony of the members of new Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime's cabinet, at the Villa D'acceuille in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Nov. 16, 2024.
Haiti

Haitian president demands reparations from France

By Bert Wilkinson
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Stuart Young.
Trinidad & Tobago

Change in PNM headship

By Bert Wilkinson
Military members stand near the body of Suriname ex-President Desi Bouterse, at his funeral in Paramaribo, Suriname, January 4, 2025.
Suriname

Former military strongman Desi Bouterse laid to rest in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson
Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice Ivor Archie.
St Kitts and Nevis

T&T prosecutors boycott court following the assassination of colleague

By Bert Wilkinson
Suriname former President Desi Bouterse leaves the High Court of Justice for his appeal case against the Court Martial sentence of 20-year jail for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo on March 31, 2023.
Suriname

Bouterse’s death sparks major row in Suriname

By Bert Wilkinson
Keith Rowley, Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister, speaks during a plenary session of the 9th Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, California, June 10, 2022.
St Kitts and Nevis

Violent crime spirals

By Bert Wilkinson
Olive Rowe states, "everything is gone, everything is gone," as she stands in her home that was destroyed when Hurricane Beryl passed through the area on July 05, 2024 in Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica.
Dominica

Year In Review 2024

By Bert Wilkinson
Suriname former President Desi Bouterse leaves the High Court of Justice for his appeal case against the Court Martial sentence of 20-year jail for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo on March 31, 2023.
Suriname

Excessive drinking killed Bouterse

By Bert Wilkinson
Suriname's former President Desi Bouterse (C) and his wife Ingrid Bouterse-Waldring attend a rally at his NDP party centre, where he asked supporters to calmly wait for the High Court of Justice verdict in his appeals case against the Court Martial, in Paramaribo, on Dec. 16, 2023. The prosecution repeated the demand for 20-years jail time for his involvement in the murder of 15 people when he ruled in 1982 during his military government.
Barbados

Major probe into details of former dictator’s death

By Bert Wilkinson
Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse speaks during a news conference after the Court Martial of Suriname confirmed a 20-year jail sentence for his involvement in the murder of 15 people while he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo, Suriname, Aug. 31, 2021.
St Kitts and Nevis

Suriname’s Former President Desi Bouterse dies in hiding

By Bert Wilkinson
Suriname's Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Ramchand Ramdin attends a plenary session during the Summit on peace in Ukraine, at the luxury Burgenstock resort, near Lucerne, on June 16, 2024.
Suriname

US sanctions Surinamese companies

By Bert Wilkinson
Former Suriname president Desi Bouterse speaks during a news conference after the Court Martial of Suriname confirmed a 20-year jail sentence for his involvement in the murder of 15 people while he ruled in 1982 during his military government, in Paramaribo, Suriname, Aug. 31, 2021.
Suriname

Bouterse’s home raided

By Bert Wilkinson
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