Dominica

UNDP conducts building damage assessment in Concord and Marigot, Dominica, following category 5 Hurricane Maria.
UNDP/Zaimis Olmos

Hurricane-hit Dominica recovering despite power, economic troubles

28 December 2017
General News

Three months after Hurricanes Irma and Maria delivered a major blow to the island of Dominica, life is resuming on the Caribbean island.

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A convoy bound for East Ghouta, Syria. (file)
OCHA/Ghalia Seifo

News in Brief 13 December 2017 (PM)

13 December 2017
News in Brief

At least 15 besieged Syrian civilians dead due to lack of medical care

At least 15 civilians in urgent need of medical evacuation have died in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, the UN said on Wednesday.

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A woman prepares a meal on an indoor stove with her baby in Chhattisgarh, India.
UNICEF/Dhiraj Singh

News in Brief 06 December 2017 (AM)

6 December 2017
News in Brief

Air pollution affecting 17 million babies, mostly in South Asia: UNICEF

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Aerial view of Dominica during the Secretary-General António Guterres's visit in October to survey the damage caused by the category 5 Hurricane Irma.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

'Long road to recovery' for Dominica, Barbuda, despite pledges

24 November 2017
Interviews

It’s going to be a “long road to recovery” for the hurricane-struck Caribbean islands of Dominica and Barbuda, despite a successful pledging conference at UN Headquarters this week.

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Aerial view of the devastation in Dominica following successive category five hurricanes in September 2017.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

Remote health centre teams in devastated Dominica need support

10 October 2017
General News

Medical staff trying to keep basic services going on the devastated Caribbean island of Dominica urgently need support, including reliable food supplies.

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UN Daily News Programme 10 October 2017

10 October 2017
General News

Listen to our daily bulletin of news and features from the United Nations, presented by Dianne Penn and Matt Wells.

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An aerial shot of hurricane-battered Dominica.
WFP/Norha Restrepo

News in Brief 29 September 2017 (PM)

29 September 2017
News in Brief

Flash appeal to help hurricane-affected Dominica

Humanitarians are appealing for US$31 million to support the Caribbean island of Dominica, hit hard by Hurricane Maria, the United Nations has announced.

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WFP/Norha Restrepo

Aid community launches $31 million appeal for 'badly battered' Dominica

29 September 2017
Emergency supplies from the United Nations food relief agency are being delivered to Dominica as people face “huge challenges in their lives” in the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Maria, which ripped through the small Caribbean island last week.
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Storm-ravaged Dominica in urgent need of food and water, finds UN assessment team

25 September 2017
A United Nations disaster assessment official visiting the small island nation of Dominica, which was battered by Hurricane Maria, said today that an estimated 60,000 to 65,000 people, or 80 per cent of the total population, have been affected and that food and water are the most immediate needs.
UN Photo/Cia Pak

‘To deny climate change is to deny a truth we have just lived’ says Prime Minister of storm-hit Dominica

23 September 2017
Pleading with all countries in the United Nations General Assembly – large and small, rich and poor – to come together to save our planet, the Prime Minister of Dominica, where the landscape, ravaged by back-to-back hurricanes “resembles a warzone,” said his and other islands in the Caribbean need help now to build their homelands back better.