Haiti police battle gunmen who killed president, amid fears of chaos
Haiti‘s security forces were locked in a fierce gun battle on Wednesday with assailants who assassinated President Jovenel Moise at his home overnight, plunging the...
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At least 11 dead as quake topples homes in northern Haiti
An earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Haiti late on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured more than a hundred when...
Oxfam to set up independent commission to review practices
British aid organisation Oxfam said on Friday that it would create an independent commission to review the charity’s practices and culture after accusations of sexual misconduct in...
Deputy head of UK charity Oxfam quits over Haiti sex scandal
The deputy head of Oxfam resigned on Monday over what she said was the British charity’s failure to adequately respond to past allegations of sexual misconduct by...
UK threatens to cut off aid cash to charities after Oxfam sex report
Britain will cut off aid funding from any organisation that does not comply with a new review into charities work overseas, aid minister Penny Mordaunt...
Trump questions taking immigrants from ‘shithole countries’
President Donald Trump on Thursday questioned why the United States would want to have immigrants from Haiti and African nations, referring to some as “shithole...
UN votes to close, replace Haiti peacekeeping mission
By Rodrigo Campos The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to end its 13-year-long peacekeeping mission in Haiti and replace it with a...
Mass prison break in Haiti, 174 inmates flee after killing guard
By Joseph Guyler Delva Most inmates of a northern Haitian prison escaped on Saturday after killing a guard and stealing firearms, said authorities who launched...
Haitians blame fatal crash on UN peacekeepers as storm aid anger grows
By Makini Brice Haitians on Thursday protested against the death of a motorcyclist in an accident they blamed on blue-helmeted peacekeepers, adding to a spate...
“Like a nuclear bomb,” cholera and destruction after hurricane in Haiti
By Gabriel Stargardter Patients arrived every 10 or 15 minutes, brought on motorcycles by relatives with vomit-covered shoulders and hoisted up the stairs into southwest...
