by Janvieve on March 8, 2010
This week Radio Diaspora pays homage to a fallen griot, as we interview his granddaughter, Aziza Wilburg, we cover International Women's Day with a discussion about Colombia.
International Women’s Day (IWD) is marked on the 8th of March every year. It is a major day of global celebration of women. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women’s economic, political and social achievements.
by Janvieve on March 2, 2010
Flood waters that killed eight people in quake-hit Haiti over the weekend have receded in the country’s southeast.
Al Jazeera’s Todd Baer, reporting from the capital Port-au-Prince, said water levels in the most affected areas of Les Cayes and surrounding villages may have gone down, but people were continuing to flee on Sunday night.
Short but intense downpours at night triggered the floods, and there are fears that there will be more and worse flooding when the rainy season starts in earnest in a few weeks. [click to continue…]
by Janvieve on March 2, 2010
The death toll from Chile’s 8.8 magnitude earthquake looks like being a fraction of the 220,000 people who were killed in Haiti in January.
This is despite the Chilean quake being 500 times stronger than the one in Haiti.
Clearly, Chile is a more prosperous country, with economic output per head of the population more than 10 times greater than Haiti.
That has meant that buildings in general are better built, but Chile was also better prepared. [click to continue…]
