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UWI and Kenya Push CaribbeanAfrica Talks
The relationship between the Caribbean and Africa could soon be subjected to critical analysis by academics from The University of the West Indies (The UWI) and their counterparts in Kenya.
UWI officials meeting with delegates who attended the inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit
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epresentatives of the Government of Kenya and The UWI agreed on the need for such a discourse to critically examine the areas of cooperation outlined in a communiqué, which emerged from the staging of the inaugural CARICOM-Africa Summit, and to explore ways of holding countries accountable. The summit was held
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virtually on 7 September 2021. A subsequent meeting at the Cave Hill Campus involved Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kenya, Ambassador Raychelle Omamo; Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Dr. Carla Barnett; Vice-Chancellor of The UWI, Sir Hilary Beckles; and Barbados’s Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency David Comissiong. Other
participants included Ambassador Moi Lemoshira of Kenya; Pro Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Cave Hill Campus, Professor Clive Landis; and Deputy Dean in charge of Internationalisation and Recruitment, Dr. Kenneth Connell. Sir Hilary said he would welcome such a discourse and spoke of the necessity to mend the rift between the two regions that he linked to a decision made by African leaders
