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Haitian political leaders seek a balanced and inclusive transition

Haitian political leaders seek a balanced and inclusive transition

Representatives of the political community, civil society, the farmer sector, religious communities, youth, the private sector, and the Haitian diaspora signed the treaty. It emerged after several months of consultation and was called the August...

Haiti gang leader willing to cooperate with FBI

Haiti gang leader willing to cooperate with FBI

The leader of one of the most notorious gangs in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, says he is prepared to cooperate with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) even after American law officials described him as a foreign terrorist in May this year. The...

Get That ‘Barbecue,’ US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Haitian Gang Leader

Get That ‘Barbecue,’ US Offers $5 Million Bounty for Haitian Gang Leader

Haiti’s most powerful gang leader, Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier. VOA, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons The U.S. government has announced a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of Jimmy Cherizier, the notorious...

‘The Wild West’: Desperation is rampant in Haiti as gangs, vigilantes spread

‘The Wild West’: Desperation is rampant in Haiti as gangs, vigilantes spread

© UNICEF/Herold Joseph A UN staff member tours a building targeted by gangs in Port-au-Prince. This article is published in association with United Nations. With armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups morphing into gang-like...

Business incubator collective launches digital platform to strengthen Haiti’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

Business incubator collective launches digital platform to strengthen Haiti’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

Overview: Port-au-Prince-based incubator Banj and its partners have launched Antreprann.ht, Haiti’s first digital database for entrepreneurs. The platform connects six key sectors to address resource gaps, training needs and funding shortages,...

Defense Minister meets UN Secretary General’s special representative for Haiti in Santo Domingo, Blackwater contracted

Defense Minister Lieutenant General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre met with Carlos Ruiz Massieu, the UN Secretary-General’s special representative for Haiti and head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), at the Ministry of...

Haiti’s gangs: “Beyond the reach of law, not the reach of the Gospel”

Haiti’s gangs: “Beyond the reach of law, not the reach of the Gospel”

Haiti (MNN) — Recently, an Irish missionary and eight others — including a three-year-old child — were kidnapped from an orphanage compound. As believers around the world pray for their release from captivity, here are a few testimonies to...

Canadian Ambassador and Haitian Police Chief discuss cooperation

Canadian Ambassador and Haitian Police Chief discuss cooperation

Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:43 UTC If read between the lines, the meeting represented Ottawa's recognition of Paraison Haitian National Police (PNH) Acting Director-General Vladimir Paraison and Canada's Ambassador to Port-au-Prince André...

Haitian Potato Salad Isn't Your Typical American Side Dish

Haitian Potato Salad Isn't Your Typical American Side Dish

Dish of Haitian potato salad - Charlotte Lake/ShutterstockAt parties and gatherings, few dishes-to-share are as crowd-pleasing as a big bowl of potato salad, and vibrant purple-magenta Haitian potato salad is undeniably eye-catching. Unlike its...

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 • Student helps bring healing to Haiti’s children

Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 • Student helps bring healing to Haiti’s children

Publisher’s note: This story originally appeared in the Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 edition of the Lassen County Times. Sarah Quale spent three weeks in Haiti using music to help bring healing and hope to children, many who had been affected by a...

Haiti declares 3-month state of emergency 

Haiti declares 3-month state of emergency 

Overview: Haiti’s government has declared a three-month state of emergency across the West, Artibonite and Center departments as gang violence intensifies, devastating the nation’s agricultural heartland. The move follows the appointment of a new...

Haiti needs to get the attention of the US

"America First!" All countries would be wise to remember that during diplomatic relations with the current administration running the United States of America. The strongest move, that Haiti could make would be to hint they are considering...

UN expert warns Haiti is ‘becoming the Wild West’ amid rising gang violence

UN expert warns Haiti is ‘becoming the Wild West’ amid rising gang violence

Haiti is descending into lawlessness reminiscent of the “Wild West,” with armed gangs expanding their influence, self-defence groups acting like criminal organizations, and public officials operating with impunity, according to William O’Neill,...

iciHaiti - Civil Protection : Haiti prepares for emergencies

iciHaiti - Civil Protection : Haiti prepares for emergencies

iciHaiti - Civil Protection : Haiti prepares for emergencies 17/08/2025 11:02:25 From August 11 to 15, 2025, local relief workers participated in several volunteer refresher sessions covering various areas, organized by the Civil Protection Agency...

CARIBBEAN-US-Haitian Bridge Alliance condemns Trump’s ‘no bond hearing’ for Caribbean immigrants

High-level Kenyan delegation to Haiti

Haiti - Politic : High-level Kenyan delegation to Haiti 17/08/2025 09:26:54 Kenyan Deputy National Security Adviser Joseph Boinet Kipchirchir led a delegation of six senior government officials on a three-day official visit to Haiti this week. The...

Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s plan to fight gangs, collect taxes in Haiti: Report

Blackwater founder Erik Prince’s plan to fight gangs, collect taxes in Haiti: Report

The founder of Blackwater announced he has secured a 10-year deal with Haiti’s government to fight gangs that now control most of Port-au-Prince and reestablish the nation’s taxation structure. Erik Prince, who now runs private security firm...

Haitians honor Bois Caïman with music, cultural heritage exhibition on new national holiday

Haitians honor Bois Caïman with music, cultural heritage exhibition on new national holiday

Overview: Haiti marked Aug. 14 as a public holiday for the first time, commemorating the 234th anniversary of the Bois Caïman ceremony. Ann Reviv Ayiti Lontan (ARAL) —a sociocultural organization— celebrated with music, dance and a cultural...

«Haiti is becoming something like the Wild West» (Interview)

Haiti - Social : «Haiti is becoming something like the Wild West» (Interview) 16/08/2025 10:05:40 As armed gangs expand their influence, some self-defense groups transform into gangs, and officials act with impunity, Haiti is slowly becoming a...

Haiti wants to hire private company to collect border taxes. Not everyone is on board

Haiti wants to hire private company to collect border taxes. Not everyone is on board

Haiti’s transitional government is brokering a deal to take control of its porous border with the Dominican Republic, which has become a gateway for illegal weapons, by giving a private business control of security and tax collection. A Haitian...

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