Haiti

The crew of an US Coast Guard cutter repatriated dozens of people, men women and children, to Haiti after attempting to enter the US illegally

The 1.500 girls of the Lycée du Cent-cinquantenaire - better known as the "Lycée des Jeunes Filles", an excellence in the country - celebrated the 79th anniversary of the founding of this public school

Violence in Haiti has left disabled people in further distress, with no state support, has been underlined on the occasion of the International Day for People with Disabilities

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Government of Haiti, deplores the images and news spread particularly on social networks, regarding the degrading treatment inflicted on compatriots repatriated from the Dominican Republic

Ministry of Health and Population announced that at least seven people have died of cholera since 2 October, but some anti-government protesters claim the government is spreading misinformation in order to end the ongoing protests and lift the blockade

Petrol stations began reopening over the weekend of 11 November, after a two-month blockade was lifted, to the relief of millions of people who had been stranded at home

UN Security Council unanimously approved sanctions against the 'bad actors' behind the violence in Haiti, which will include an asset freeze, travel ban and arms embargo

Haiti is among 5 hungriest countries in the world; $400 million in subsidies were recently cut, driving up the price of petrol (+128%) and triggering an escalation in protests with gangs taking control of infrastructure

At least seven people have died of cholera in a return of the disease that killed some 10.000 people in a 2010 outbreak; it comes as gang blockades have caused shortages of fuel and clean drinking water, after a year with no confirmed cholera cases

The Caribbean Community CARICOM said they are “gravely concerned” by the deterioration of social and security circumstances in Haiti, where the “persistently distressing situation” was described in the release as “untenable”

Citizens in Fond-des-Nègres, Nippes Department, are protesting the persistent crisis in the country, using different social and political platforms to raise attention on lack of fuel, high cost of living and insecurity