Residents walk past a burnt car as they evacuate the Delmas 22 neighbourhood due to gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, May 2, 2024
UNITED NATIONS development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister on Tuesday evening.
The appointment comes nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else for the position.
The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorise the capital of Port-au-Prince, opening fire in once peaceful neighbourhoods and using heavy machinery to demolish several police stations and prisons.
ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty
The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?
As the Alliance of Sahel States and southern African nations advance pan-African goals, the African Union must listen and learn rather than parroting the Western line on these positive developments, writes ROGER McKENZIE
