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Calvin G. Brown News 27 March 2026

UNITED NATIONS | The transatlantic slave trade is the gravest crime against humanity – why the UN declaration matters

The resolution passed by United Nations General Assembly on 25 May 2026 seeking recognition of the transatlantic slave trade as the “gravest crime against humanity” potentially creates a broader definition of crimes against humanity in international law and allows for restitution claims against perpetrators.

Calvin G. Brown News 27 March 2026

Millions of Africans were sold into slavery, ending up in the Caribbean and the Americas. Wikimedia Commons/Flickr

Ghana's President John Mahama addresses the General Assembly of the United Nations

AFRICA | US, Israel and Argentina Vote No as UN Declares Slave Trade ‘Gravest Crime Against Humanity’

Ghana’s landmark resolution passes 123-3 — but Washington, Buenos Aires and Tel Aviv chose the wrong side of history on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery. Calvin...

Calvin G. Brown News 25 March 2026

CARIBBEAN Breaks Europe's Airspace Chokehold, Welcomes Direct Flights From Africa

A historic direct flight from St. Kitts to Nigeria signals the Caribbean's determined pivot toward Africa — and the economic architecture to make it permanent is already rising in Barbados Calvin...

Calvin G. Brown News 25 March 2026

President John Dramani Mahama addressing world leaders at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York.

AFRICA | Ghana Tables Historic UN Resolution: Transatlantic Slave Trade Must Be Declared the Gravest Crime Against Humanity

On the International Day of Remembrance for victims of slavery, President Mahama brings Africa and the Caribbean together at the United Nations in a demand that moves reparatory justice from...

Calvin G. Brown News 25 March 2026

Leader of the United Progressive Party, UPP, Jamale Pringle

ANTIGUA | Pringle Fires Back: UPP Leader Dismisses Resignation Reports as Prime Minister's Political Sabotage

Jamale Pringle breaks his silence — and goes directly at Gaston Browne's administration, calling resignation reports a deliberate destabilization campaign against Antigua's principal opposition party. By Calvin G. Brown | In Antigua...

Calvin G. Brown News 24 March 2026

Prime Minister Gaston Browne and Opposition Leader Jamale Pringle

ANTIGUA | Browne Calls Antigua Elections Within 90 Days — But the UPP Is Not the Reason

Fresh off a by-election win that was never in doubt, Antigua's Prime Minister reaches for an early poll — driven not by opposition weakness, but by gathering storms from Washington,...

Calvin G. Brown News 23 March 2026

From Left, Petitioner George Whener and respondent, Randy Baltimore of the ABLP.

ANTIGUA | Court Petitioned to Void Baltimore's ABLP Victory in St. Philip's North By-Election

High Court petition alleges ABLP winner Randy Baltimore was a serving public officer on Nomination Day — his resignation ruled procedurally defective, his election constitutionally void. Calvin G. Brown | Caribbean...

Calvin G. Brown News 22 March 2026

CARIBBEAN | Beyond Words — And Beyond Shame: CARICOM Pledged Cuba Relief Three Weeks Ago. The Ships Came from Everywhere Else.

As 650 activists from 33 nations sailed into Havana on Saturday with 20 tons of aid, the 15-member Caribbean Community — which promised Cuba humanitarian support “in short order, within...

Calvin G. Brown News 21 March 2026

JAMAICA | PNP Policies Now Shaping National Action, Says Senator Morris as Government Adopts Opposition Proposals

Three key initiatives from the party's 2025 Mission Jamaica Love manifesto — including a Young Owners Deposit Fund, reduced interest rates for public sector workers, and expanded beach access —...

Calvin G. Brown News 20 March 2026

How Iran cracked Israel's unbreakable Iron Dome

ISRAEL/IRAN | How Iran Pierced the Myth of Israel’s Invincibility, Plunging the Country into Darkness— And Why the World Barely Saw It

A military first. A media blackout within a blackout. The story the world’s biggest newsrooms couldn’t — or wouldn’t — tell. Calvin G. Brown | • March 19, 2026 They told...

Calvin G. Brown News 20 March 2026

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