Guyana president attends Arab-American Islamic Summit
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President David Granger of Guyana arrived in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday to join other world leaders for the Arab-American Islamic Summit on Sunday. The special summit, initiated by…
13th Organization of Islamic Cooperation throws support behind Caribbean and African countries in push for reparations
ISTANBUL, Turkey — The 13th Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit, which ended on Friday in Istanbul, Turkey, in its communiqué threw its full support behind the Caribbean community and the African Diaspora in their quest to convene an international…
Guyana becomes 57th member of the Islamic Bank
By Ray Chickrie From Caribbean News Now GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana is now a member of the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB), after joining the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in 1998, according to a press release from the ministry of finance…
Orkney flying the flag for Tanzania and the Cayman Islands
From Occadian OIC launched the “Support a Second Team” campaign in Kirkwall today Orkney Islands Council launched its local Glasgow 2014 ‘Support a Second Team’ campaign today, Friday. Each local authority area in Scotland has been twinned with at least…
