From ruins to rebuilding: Three Jamaican mothers face the future after hurricane
Three women in Jamaica whose lives were upended by the destructive force of a hurricane which battered the…
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Fifty days on, Jamaica struggles to rebuild after Hurricane Melissa’s unprecedented destruction
Current estimates place the total damage and loss between $8 billion and $15 billion – nearly a quarter…
Jamaica: International support ‘crucial’ to hurricane recovery says Guterres
António Guterres spoke by phone to Jamaica’s Prime Minister Andrew Holness earlier in the day emphasising afterwards in…
Hurricane Melissa leaves thousands displaced across the Caribbean
The hurricane caused widespread damage to homes, infrastructure and crops, leaving thousands displaced. However, extensive storm preparation by…
World News in Brief: Global investment plunges, hurricane season in Haiti, rising cholera and hunger in South Sudan
Their latest data shows that the outlook for international investment this year “is negative”, a sharp course correction…
World News in Brief: Global growth slows, deadly Ukraine attacks, Haiti hurricane hunger risk, legal migration for refugees
Growth is projected to weaken to 2.3 per cent, or nearly half a percentage point lower than expected…
Haiti: WFP concerned over humanitarian situation as hurricane season begins
With roughly half the population, 5.7 million people, facing some sort of emergency level of hunger, Haiti is…