America Haiti The Dominican Republic, continuing to intensify repatriations of Haitians, has expelled nearly 10.000 people in the last month, according to GARR, the Support Group for Returnees and Refugees
America Haiti The UN's Integrated Office stressed that the safety of those who work as reporters is of great concern - given the murders of journalists and the impunity that remains for these crimes - and urged the authorities to do everything necessary to prevent this
America Haiti The university community mourns Jean Renol Élie, Haiti's top sociologist, who recently passed away; he is known for his research on agrarian structures, cooperatives, peasant organisations, decentralisation and civic participation in Haiti
America Haiti After years of trees being cut down to make charcoal, causing soil erosion and making it impossible to farm, rural communities in Haiti's Nord-Ouest department are implementing new measures to improve weather resilience with the support of WFP
America Haiti Immigration authorities repatriated nearly 25.000 Haitian adults and children over the last 13 and a half months, according to the International Organization for Migration; about 90% of those returns took place after September of last year
America Haiti Haiti was yesterday the featured country at the Dubai World Expo 2020, with the theme "a land of resilient people turning to renewable energy"
America Haiti The Haitian Times has organised a month-long bootcamp for six aspiring journalists based in Haiti, to train participants to follow the New York-based publication's American-style journalism
America Haiti According to UNICEF, 320.000 children still do not have a suitable school to attend, with more than 1.000 schools in the Sud, Grand'Anse and Nippes departments yet to be rebuilt
America Haiti International donors pledged $600 million, more than the UN initially expected, to help rebuild Haiti's deep south; with the government, they want to ensure that lessons are learned from past mistakes, like uncoordinated management of aid after 2010 quake
America Haiti Factory workers have been protesting in the last days outside the SONAPI industrial park complex in Port-au-Prince demanding a higher wage, $14 a day; it is the second major strike by workers in the space of three weeks
America Haiti According to Transparency International's 2021 corruption rankings, the country, ranking 164/180, is the most corrupt in the Caribbean area
America Haiti At a high-level international meeting that Canada hosted on the crisis in the country, US$39 million was pledged to increase aid for security and other projects in the country
America Haiti Haiti's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship has announced that the Dominican Republic has agreed to allow Haitian students into the country after visas were suspended due to increased Haitian migration