According to media reports, at least three people were killed and several others injured after an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 rocked parts of Haiti early Tuesday morning. The quake caused damage to some buildings near Abricot in the Department of Grand’Anse. The Haitian Civil Protection said the quake had a depth of 10 kilometers. The bodies of three […]
According to press reports, the Dominican College of Economists (Codeco) says the Dominican Republic’s economy cannot support any more illegal immigrants from Haiti. It noted that the government unable to provide more jobs due to the influx of a substantial number of Haitian migrants. It states further that although trade with Haiti has continued its dynamism, the Dominican Republic’s economy […]
Jamaica is prepared to support a united international effort in response to the persistent crisis and deteriorating conditions in Haiti, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness. He was speaking in the House of Representatives on Tuesday (January 31), where he reaffirmed Jamaica’s commitment to working with CARICOM and bilateral partners, such as Canada, the United States of America, […]
The U.N. and the government of Haiti reiterated their appeal recently for an international force to quickly deploy to the island nation to help subdue an unprecedented level of gang violence that has terrorized the population. In early October, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres backed a request from the Haitian government to send a force to address escalating insecurity and a deepening […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Cholera cases are overwhelming Haiti, and experts warn the situation could worsen now that the country is bustling following the end of a paralyzing fuel blockade that lasted two months. Dr. Jeanty Fils, a spokesman for Haiti’s Ministry of Health, told The Associated Press that people are back on the streets and likely spreading cholera as the government […]
A record 4.7 million people in Haiti are facing acute hunger, including 19,000 in catastrophic famine conditions for the first time, in a slum controlled by gangs in the capital, according to a report released on Friday. The UN World Food Program and Food & Agriculture Organization said unrelenting crises have trapped Haitians in a cycle of growing desperation, without […]
The United States has drafted a United Nations Security Council resolution that will encourage the “immediate deployment of a multinational rapid action force” to Haiti to address the nation’s worst security and health crisis in decades. The draft resolution, confirmed by multiple U.S. and UN officials, comes in response to a call by UN Secretary-General António Guterres last week for […]
NEW YORK — The United Nations Secretary-General is urging the international community to respond to a request from Haiti’s government and urgently consider sending an international specialized armed force to the Caribbean Island nation to address spiraling insecurity and a deepening humanitarian crisis. “Considering the extremely grave situation, international efforts to enhance support for the HNP [Haitian National Police] must aim […]
The Bahamas is a transit route for Haitian immigrants fleeing poverty and violence and seeking to reach the United States mainland. Seventeen people have died after a boat carrying dozens of Haitian refugees capsized off the coast of the Bahamas, authorities said, as more Haitians attempt to reach the United States to flee gang violence and poverty at home. Rescue teams […]
Gang violence is skyrocketing across Haiti’s capital, with dozens of people killed in Port-au-Prince in past week. The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has threatened to impose targeted sanctions against criminal gangs and human rights abusers in Haiti, as it unanimously passed a resolution on Friday that extended a UN mission to the Caribbean nation for another year. While China […]
