Cholera resurges in Haiti amid collapsing water and health systems

A resurgence of cholera in Haiti’s West department is underscoring the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Wednesday. The outbreak, part of a seasonal surge...

Haiti: Cholera Resurgence Threatens Vulnerable Communities

(Washington, DC) – A resurgence of cholera in Haiti’s West department underscores the urgent need for coordinated, long-term action to restore basic water and sanitation systems, Human Rights Watch said today. The outbreak, part of a seasonal...

Category 6 is the new hurricane normal, scientists warn

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Fèt Gédé: Linking the living and the ancestors in Haitian Vodou

Overview: A primer on the gédé loas, which play a vital role for Vodouists seeking to maintain a spiritual link with their forebears particularly during the month of November. PORT-DE-PAIX — November is Fèt Gédé for Haitian Vodou practitioners, a...

Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook

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Patriotic appeal to the Haitian scientific community in the diaspora

Haiti - Education : Patriotic appeal to the Haitian scientific community in the diaspora 31/10/2025 11:04:28 Augustin Antoine, the Minister of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP), is making a patriotic appeal to the Haitian...

Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti

Hurricane Melissa is finally leaving the Caribbean after battering communities in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba for days, leaving a trail of devastation that killed about 50 people. The hurricane smashed into Jamaica with enormous force on Tuesday as a...

Scientists blame climate change for Hurricane Melissa: Catastrophic storm was made 4 TIMES more likely by global warming

Hurricane Melissa – the most powerful storm in Jamaica's history – was made four times more likely by climate change, according to a study. The catastrophic category 5 hurricane struck the island on Tuesday, bringing sustained winds that peaked at...

The US Marine Corps celebrates its November birth

The US Marine Corps celebrates 250 years in existence in November of this year. They were established on Nov. 10, 1775 during the American Revolutionary War, in Tun Tavern, Philadelphia, as the Continental Marines. Today, they have developed into...

Scientists say Hurricane Melissa’s strength was fuelled by climate change

Time and time again, scientists and environmental activists have warned that climate change will result in stronger storms and more unpredictable weather patterns. They’ve also warned that the communities least responsible for climate change would...

Haitian cocoa at the World Chocolate Fair in Paris

Haiti - Agribusiness : Haitian cocoa at the World Chocolate Fair in Paris 29/10/2025 10:30:58 From October 29 to November 2nd, 2025, Haitian cocoa will be proudly represented at the 30th edition of the Salon Mondial du Chocolat (World Chocolate...

Researchers at UAlbany contribute hurricane research

Forecasters for days recognized the devastation Hurricane Melissa would bring to Jamaica, Cuba, and other Caribbean islands. Some of the research that helps inform forecasters is generated out of the University at Albany’s Department of...

Today in Africa — November 5, 2025: New Satellite Images Show Mass Graves in Sudan’s El Fasher, 33 Killed in Chad Intercommunal Clash, AU Says Tanzania Election Failed Democratic Standards

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...

Hurricane Melissa’s Wrath

Andrieneke Hyman, 13, looks at her wet notebook in her damaged room, in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, in Auchindown, Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, Nov. 3, 2025. REUTERS/Raquel Cunha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY Authorities are reporting the...

Hurricane leaves causes massive destruction in Jamaica and Haiti

Published on: October 31, 2025 10:18 AM PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA – The death toll from Hurricane Melissa rose to 49 on Thursday after the Category 5 storm tore through the northern Caribbean, devastating Jamaica and Haiti before moving...

Haiti - Agriculture : Positive impacts of the World Bank on Haitian agriculture

Haiti - Agriculture : Positive impacts of the World Bank on Haitian agriculture 27/10/2025 10:30:03 At the time of preparation of the Emergency Project for Resilient Agriculture for Food Security (PARSA), Haiti was the poorest country in Latin...

Slog AM: Big Tech Has a Secret Code With Israel, Trump Takes Another Swipe at Trans Healthcare, Issaquah Is Sick of ICE

Why the Fuck Would You Do That: What is it about cooking up a Halloween costume that makes people lose all critical thinking skills? Every year, some white guy will put on a Native American war bonnet, or some idiot decides it’s cool to dress as a...

Climate change made Hurricane Melissa four times more likely, say scientists

30 October 2025, 09:06 | Updated: 30 October 2025, 14:20 Hurricane Melissa was made four times more likely by climate change, according to a study. Your browser doesn't recognise available video formats. The category 5 hurricane that struck...

Hurricane Melissa kills 25 in Haiti, nearly 30 total as hurricane batters Caribbean

PORT-AU-PRINCE/KINGSTON/HAVANA — Hurricane Melissa barrelled through the northern Caribbean on Wednesday (Oct 29) after thrashing Cuba's second-biggest city, isolating hundreds of rural communities, unleashing devastation in Jamaica and drenching...

Hurricane Melissa picks up speed as it moves towards Bermuda

Hurricane Melissa smashed through the northern Caribbean and was seen picking up speed as it churned across open ocean towards Bermuda on Thursday, leaving a trail of high winds and destruction from Jamaica to Cuba and Haiti in its wake. People...