Guadeloupe

Issued on: 06/01/2022 - 02:59 Police have rescued a hospital boss and his two deputies after anti-vaccination protesters laid siege to their offices in the French overseas territory…

The current social unrest in Guadeloupe and Martinique has brought international attention back to the critical issue of chlordecone pollution in these Caribbean islands. This highly toxic insecticide, banned since 1993…

Issued on: 29/11/2021 - 14:22 France's minister for overseas territories will hold talks on Monday with union leaders on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on ways to end more…

Issued on: 26/11/2021 - 21:12 France has postponed implementing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for health workers in Martinique and Guadeloupe after the measure spurred widespread…

Issued on: 26/11/2021 - 13:54Modified: 26/11/2021 - 13:57 Ten police officers were injured and several journalists shot at on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight…

Issued on: 25/11/2021 - 08:55 Protesters looted shops and set up burning barricades overnight on France's Caribbean island of Martinique, France Info reported on Thursday, as…

Issued on: 24/11/2021 - 07:39 Protesters in French overseas territories in the Caribbean opposing measures to limit the spread of Covid-19 clashed again with security forces on…

PARIS: The situation remains "very difficult" in Guadeloupe, where unrest erupted last week over COVID-19 curbs imposed by Paris, despite Prime Minister Jean Castex's call for calm in France's overseas territory, said the French interior…

Violent protests over vaccine mandates have rocked France’s overseas department of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean over the past week, fueled by longstanding social and economic frustrations over inequality with the mainland and simmering anger…

POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe: 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…