The long-awaited construction of a 27 km road linking Port-de-Paix to Anse-à-Foleur officially began after three years of planning and land expropriation issues; it is entirely financed by a donation from the Inter-American Development Bank

Haiti’s national carnival, which was supposed to take place this year in Fort Liberté, has been canceled; the announcement of the Presidential Office, shared on social media, explained that the decision was taken for security reasons

The town of Jacmel is continuing its pre-carnival festivities every Sunday, with masqueraders, elaborate masks and marching bands

The President of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council has promised to hold elections this November and inaugurate an elected government by February 2026; the last elections were held in 2016

Students in Haiti's public schools have been out of classes since 6 January because of a teachers' strike, as latest meeting between workers' unions, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Education failed to reach a common point