Haiti

More than 100 women and children were abducted in the first eight months of 2021 and more than 15.000 people left their homes due to violence, according to a UNICEF appeal

Motorcyclists took to the streets in the municipalities of Tabarre and Delmas, blocking roads with barricades to protest against the continuing rise in fuel prices

PwC firms operating in the Caribbean have collectively donated $50.000 in cash to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency for relief and recovery efforts following last month's magnitude 7,2 earthquake

Special Representative for Haiti to the UN Security Council lamented the increase in gang warfare that has led to the displacement of some 19.000 people around Port-au-Prince in recent months

Schools have reopened for students in seven Haitian departments, while in the southern areas devastated by the August earthquake the reopening is delayed until 4 October

The insecurity that has been affecting the country for months is aggravating the deep socio-economic crisis; fighting between gangs is preventing access to the oil terminals in the capital, causing fuel shortages throughout the already battered state

The country is trying to avoid the mistakes made after the 2010 earthquake by relying on a centralized group and are now having many Haitian-American organizations and individuals who are directly participating in a variety of initiatives

The government formally asked the United Nations to help the country conduct an international investigation to solve the killing, that took place last month, of former president Jovenel Moise; the request included a special court to prosecute the suspects

The head of the country's electoral council has promised to hold elections despite attempts by some political groups to lobby to put election plans on hold after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July

Multiple Haitian officials have received death threats since they began investigation on the killing of President on July 7th, documents show

A mass entry of hundreds of Haitian citizens has been registered in Dajabón, a Dominican Republic town on the border with Haiti, to buy food, medicine and essential products

The world of literature mourns the departure of Dieudonné Fardin, man of letters, journalist, teacher, editor and literary critic