PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Friday made an urgent appeal, calling for support to protect recent fragile gains in the fight against hunger and to foster stability in Haiti.

UNITED NATIONS - The UN has issued an urgent call for international support as Cuba grapples with a ‘worsening’ humanitarian crisis fuelled by a prolonged energy blockade and the lingering devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa last October.

ABUJA, Nigeria – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) chairman, Dr. Terrance Drew Wednesday called for bold, action-oriented engagement to strengthen ties between Africa and the Caribbean.

PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti – The United Nations has released US$140.5 million in emergency funding to assist more than one million people in here , where over half the population now needs assistance as violence, hunger, and displacement push families to the brink.

ROSEAU, Dominica – Dominica says it participation in the Caribbean Digital Transformation Project is aimed at creating the enabling environment to encourage growth, development and digital transformation,  calling also for developing countries to be involved in the greater adoption of emerging technologies, including advancements in telecommunications.

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – The Guyana-based Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Secretariat Tuesday announced that regional governments are preparing to dispatch humanitarian aid to Cuba, which has been rocked by repeated and extensive blackouts as the United States has sought to cut off the supply of oil to the country.

UNITED NATIONS – A senior United Nations aid official warned on Friday that Haiti is facing “one of the most severe and rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crises in the Western Hemisphere,” underscoring the need for continued global attention to alleviate suffering in the French-speaking Caribbean country.

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Caribbean Community (CCARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, Tuesday said the increased involvement of the global energy community in the region underscores the fact that energy in the Caribbean is no longer viewed solely as a sector of economic activity.

HAMILTON, Bermuda – Bermuda's government Friday said it was pleased to have contributed to the reconstruction efforts in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa slammed into the country leaving damage estimated at more than US$9.9 million and killing at least 45 people.

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Tuesday said that the recent violence in the Artibonite department in Haiti has now triggered a new wave of displacement in the country.

BASSETERRE,  St. Kitts – Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew says he is encouraged by the first ever Afri-Caribbean Investment Summit held in Nigeria last week and saying it St. Kitts and Nevis’ participation was “deliberate, strategic, and results-driven.

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator,  Alexander De Croo, has reaffirmed the UNDP’s support for Jamaica’s hurricane recovery and reconstruction priorities and called for more strategic partnerships with the private sector to help drive full recovery and the broader development agenda.