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KINGSTON, Jamaica - Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she's not worried about skin cancer. The 23 ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The conflict began after Prime Minister Bruce Golding reversed his ...

Residents of a battle-scarred slum once controlled by Jamaica's biggest underworld boss rallied Wednesday to demand accountability and justice for a deadly 2010 raid into their community that failed ...

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Thousands of police and soldiers stormed the Jamaican ghettos where reggae was born Tuesday in search of a reputed drug kingpin wanted by the United States, intensifying a third ...

Coke allegedly leads one of Jamaica's gangs, which control politicized slums known as "garrisons." Political parties created the gangs in the 1970s to rustle up votes. The gangs have since turned to ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Video of the gun battles from a local newscast is available here.

KINGSTON, Jamaica - In a gritty slum, they are preparing for war. They are building barricades of junked cars and sandbags, making Molotov cocktails and pitching barbed wire over power lines. They are ...

In 1973, a reggae group on the verge of breaking up released an album — its second that year — filled with militant anthems inspired by life in the Jamaican slums. It turned out to be Bob Marley's big ...

Officials in Jamaica said Thursday that at least 71 people have died in five days of violence as government forces searched Kingston slums for an alleged drug lord. But local human rights activists ...