(MENAFN) The United Nations (UN) has committed 4 million U.S. dollars each to Haiti and Cuba to help the nations cope with the impact of Hurricane Melissa, a spokesperson announced Wednesday. Stephane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN...
(MENAFN) At least 20 people have lost their lives in Haiti as Hurricane Melissa tore through the nation, local media reported Wednesday. According to media, large sections of the southwestern coastal town of Petit-Goave were almost completely...
As armed clashes between the Viv Ansanm coalition of armed groups and government forces increase in the capital, the glaring lack of resources and staff is forcing Port-au-Prince's health-care workers to make impossible choices. Many health-care...
(MENAFN) Jamaica, southern Haiti, and Cuba could face severe weather early next week as tropical storm Melissa is expected to rapidly strengthen into a major hurricane by Sunday. The storm poses a worst-case scenario for Jamaica, potentially...
Award-winning scholar Marlene L. Daut unravels the enigma that was Henry Christophe, the revolutionary, freedom-fighter, and only king of Haiti. WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, October 22, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Despite having a layered...
(MENAFN) The United States announced on Wednesday that the period of unchecked power for gangs in Haiti has ended, while reaffirming its support for initiatives aimed at restoring stability and democratic governance in the Caribbean nation,...
(MENAFN) The United Nations on Wednesday highlighted an unprecedented level of internal displacement in Haiti, attributing the crisis to the spread of armed gangs and their disruption of state institutions. "There is no doubt that the...
(MENAFN) The United Nations issued a warning on Wednesday regarding Haiti’s escalating internal displacement crisis, describing it as "unprecedented." Armed gangs are spreading fear throughout various regions while hindering the operation of...
(MENAFN) According to reports, the number of displaced children in Haiti has surged dramatically in the first half of 2025 as armed violence continues to grip the Caribbean nation. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said that internal displacement...
Theme: “Promoting Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights as Forms of Reparatory Justice” It gives me great pleasure and privilege to welcome you all to this, the Second Mapungubwe Dialogues, held appropriately to coincide with the First Edition of the...
Port-au-Prince, Haiti.- Haiti’s Ministry of Health announced new emergency measures to confront rising public health risks following Hurricane Melissa, which left 31 dead, 20 injured, and 21 missing. The hurricane has intensified outbreaks of...
For the first time since 1985, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)’s General Conference is being held outside Paris, with Uzbekistan hosting the 43rd session in the historic city of Samarkand. The biennial...
iciHaiti - Politic : President Laurent Saint-Cyr supports our Grenadiers in Qatar 05/11/2025 09:27:49 On Tuesday, November 4th, 2025, during an official visit to Qatar, Laurent Saint-Cyr, President pro tempore and Coordinator of the Transition...
A renewed surge of cholera in Haiti is raising urgent concerns about the country's decaying water and sanitation systems, Human Rights Watch reported Wednesday. The outbreak, tied to the rainy season, is spreading throughout and around the...
Human Rights Watch (HRW) raised alarm on Wednesday over a spike in cholera cases in Haiti’s West department. The statement emphasized “the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems.” Haitian health...
Christine King, a Guyanese-American attorney and Chairwoman of the City Commission, has won a second term as Miami’s District 5 commissioner, securing more than 84% of the vote in preliminary results Tuesday night. - Advertisement - King defeated...
The flimsy moral pretext today is the fight against narcotics, yet the real objective is to overthrow a sovereign government, and the collateral damage is the suffering of the Venezuelan people. If this sounds familiar, that’s because it is...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Tuesday that the death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 43, with 13 others still missing. Crews were still trying to reach people in the country’s southwest region, where landslides and...
NEWS OkayAfrica has scoured the internet for today’s major news stories, so you don't have to. An October 30, 2025, satellite image of the former children’s hospital in Sudan’s El Fasher, which the RSF had used as a prison. courtesy of Vantor via...
Overview: Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City Tuesday with the backing of key Haitian American neighborhoods, marking a historic victory and signaling growing political power within the diaspora. By The Associated Press | Additional...
