Articles by Alex Abdelwahab

Alex is a Canadian freelance journalist, currently working in Georgetown, Guyana. She holds a Bachelor of Journalism with Honours from Ryerson University in Toronto. Before moving to Guyana, Alex worked as a staff reporter and videojournalist for Global News in Canada. Her work has appeared in The Toronto Star, the Montreal Gazette, on CBC and Al Jazeera English.

The rainforests of Guyana. Photo by Loriski via Wikimedia Commons

Delays continue over signing of Guyana-EU trade agreement to combat illegal logging

by Alex Abdelwahab 15 March 2017

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Guyana’s plan to sign a trade agreement with the European Union by the end of 2016 to combat illegal logging has been delayed again. At the fourth…

The Kunuku Mountains as seen from Lethem, Guyana. Photo by Kevin Gabbert via Wikimedia Commons

Guyana’s government still dealing with fallout over controversial logging company

by Alex Abdelwahab 13 November 2016

GEORGETOWN, Guyana - For years in Guyana, one Chinese logging company has been a magnet for controversy. Baishanlin International Forest Development Inc. has been accused of abusing the country’s natural…