A shallow magnitude-6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of the French overseas territory of Guadeloupe, according to US seismologists. No damages or injuries have been reported by authorities so far.

The Baku Initiative Group and MIR Guadeloupe have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation as part of the international thematic conference titled "Towards the Decolonization of Guadeloupe! Challenges and Perspectives," dedicated to addressing Guadeloupe’s status under France's colonial policy.

An international thematic conference dedicated to Guadeloupe, which remains under France's colonial rule, has kicked off in Baku, which has become a hub for decolonization dialogues.

Forced assimilation is a weapon of mass genocide, and Africans have been subjected to it for centuries, Jean Jacob Bicep, Secretary General of the People's Union for the Liberation of Guadeloupe said on Saturday.

An international conference on "Colonialism: Erasure of Religious and National Identity" commenced in Baku on March 29, organized by the Baku Initiative Group.

Russian Presidential Aide Nikolay Patrushev has condemned France’s treatment of its overseas territories as colonies.

In a striking critique of France’s socio-economic policies, an article in Le Monde titled “In France, the Pace of Poverty Reduction Has Stalled for 20 Years and Continues to Increase” sheds light on a critical issue that has remained overlooked in public discourse: the persistent and rising poverty levels in France’s overseas territories. While metropolitan France has seen notable strides in poverty reduction over the years, its overseas regions paint a starkly different picture, with nearly 40% of their populations living in poverty.

The Baku Initiative Group (BIG) on Friday presented its report highlighting human rights violations in France’s overseas territories.

By Tural Heybatov