Tag: Bahamas

Evacuations in coastal US as Matthew rolls on Bahamas

    by Kerry Sheridan / with Daniel Woolls in Washington MIAMI, United States (AFP) — The United States began evacuating coastal areas on Wednesday as Hurricane Matthew churned toward the Bahamas, after killing at least 14 people in the Caribbean in a maelstrom of wind, mud and water. Haiti’s presidential election, scheduled for Sunday, was postponed after Matthew blasted the impoverished nation, knocking out a key bridge providing access to the country’s south where […]

Bahamas issues travel warning for US, citing racial tension

NASSAU, Bahamas (AFP) — The government of the Bahamas has urged its citizens to be careful when traveling to the United States, citing tensions over the recent deaths of black men at the hands of police. Most people in the Caribbean nation are black. The foreign ministry said young Bahamian men in particular should exercise caution in their dealings with police in US cities. “Do not be confrontational and cooperate,” the ministry said in a […]