Haiti

US Secretary of State Blinken arrived in Haiti to reaffirm the US government's commitment to a multinational mission to fight gangs in the country and push for the long-awaited general elections

To fund an initiative to improve access to electricity for several rural communities where residents usually rely on candles, kerosene, dry wood and charcoal for lighting and cooking, a $5 million grant has been approved by the Caribbean Development Bank

UNICEF warned of a $23 million shortfall in Haiti's education system, announcing a $2,5 million grant that should help nearly 75.000 children through cash transfers, school feeding programmes and other initiatives

Okap Projects, a group of diasporas from Cap-Haïtien, installed 310 solar-powered streetlights in a mega project to electrify the entire city

A group has begun the task of bringing rugby to Haitians; in addition to regular training camps in Haiti, Rugby Ayiti also hopes to create national men's and women's teams, focusing mainly on athletes from the diaspora

The inhabitants of Fonds-Baptiste in Haiti now have a new solar-powered water system operational

Garry Conille was officially sworn in as Haiti's new prime minister; the 58-year-old, who shares executive power with the Presidential Council, called on political factions to put aside their differences

The main international airport, Toussaint-Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince, reopened on Monday for the first time in almost 3 months and should help alleviate the critical shortage of medicines and other necessities, with the main port still paralysed

Students are slowly returning to schools in Port-au-Prince amid apparent calm; officials from Ministry of National Education announced arrangements are underway to compensate for lost class days and provide support to the most affected students

Haiti's newly installed Transitional Council chose a little-known former sports minister as prime minister as part of its task of trying to establish a new stable government amidst suffocating violence