Suriname's director of the Ministry of the Interior, Nasier Eskak, says the country's official election period will begin on ...

Indigenous leaders and supporters of Suriname’s ex-President Desi Bouterse gather for his memorial service on the eve of his cremation at the party Centre Ocer of the National Democratic Party, in ...

Paramaribo (Suriname) (AFP) – Thousands of people lined the streets of Suriname's capital Saturday for the funeral procession of Desi Bouterse, who led the country both as a coup leader and elected ...

The remains of Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse, who led two coups and became a fugitive from justice for the killing of political opponents, will be cremated on Saturday, his party announced.

The remains of Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse, who led two coups and became a fugitive from justice for the killing of political opponents, will be cremated on Saturday, his party announced.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname, (CMC) – Former Suriname president, Desi Bouterse, died last week due to liver disease, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) has said. The OM said that the report of the ...

Suriname's former dictator Desi Bouterse died of liver failure at age 79, an official autopsy revealed. Bouterse's body was dropped off Tuesday at his residence in the capital Paramaribo by ...

Desi Bouterse, the former dictator and later elected president of Suriname, who became a fugitive of justice for the killing of political opponents, has died at 79, the government said Wednesday.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges ...

Desi Bouterse, a military strongman who led a 1980 coup in the former Dutch colony of Suriname and then returned to power by election three decades later despite charges of drug smuggling and ...