January 26, 2008 1:50 pm / no comments
(via allheadlinenews.com) Gunmen went on a rampage early Saturday in a village east of Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown killing 11 people including three children, police said. The heavily armed gunmen stormed the village after staging an assault on the nation’s police headquarters. In what is considered to be the worst mass killing in the [...]
January 26, 2008 1:47 pm / no comments
Link Idealist’s databases are filled with opportunities, resources and people from all over the planet. Each week, we’ll bring you a roundup of what you can find on our site related to a specific country or city. Today we spotlight Guyana. So far, there are 14 organizations related to Guyana that are registered on Idealist. [...]
January 6, 2008 10:22 pm / no comments
(via peacecorpsonline.typepad.com/) The U.S. Peace Corps is evacuating 35 of its volunteers from western Kenya because of the violence that has rocked the country since the disputed December 27 presidential election. The relief agency says the volunteers are safe, and should arrive in the main Tanzanian city of Dar es Salaam Saturday. The Peace Corps [...]
January 2, 2008 4:38 pm / no comments
Local notables make the predictions. Biggest possible influence? Oil