Rights groups petition European watchdog to secure clean water in French Caribbean
Reuters The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said on Thursday it has filed a collective complaint to a European rights body to demand that France urgently ensures access to drinking water in its Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe. The island territory has long faced water shortages, which right groups associate to poor infrastructure and contamination […]
France says it is willing to discuss autonomy for Guadeloupe
Paris, FranceReuters France is willing to discuss autonomy for the French Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe if it is in the interests of the people who live there, government minister Sebastien Lecornu said. Guadeloupe and the nearby French island of Martinique have seen several days of protests against COVID-19 measures that have spilled over into violence. […]
COVID-19 unrest has created “explosive” situation in Guadeloupe, says Macron
Pointe-a-Pitre, GuadeloupeReuters French President Emmanuel Macron said violence in Guadeloupe over COVID-19 restrictions had created a “very explosive” situation, as a general strike entered a second week on Monday and many stores remained shuttered after nighttime looting. Hours before Macron’s Prime Minister and lawmakers from the Caribbean archipelago were to hold crisis talks in Paris, […]
Third night of violence in Guadeloupe as France sends police special forces
Pointe-a-Pitre, GuadeloupeReuters The French overseas territory of Guadeloupe was hit by a third night of looting and rioting amid protests against COVID-19 measures, with gunmen shooting at police and firefighters, the authorities said on Sunday. Police arrested 38 people as shops were broken into and cars set ablaze. A man rides his bicycle past burned […]
Snapshot – Saint-Anne, Guadeloupe
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