In renewing the mandate for its office in Haiti, the UN Security Council included a provision to consider the deployment of a multinational force as an option to combat insecurity

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

20 million from Open Society Foundation will be allocated in 4 key areas, including capacity building of human rights and women's organisations, promotion of sustainable agricultural practices to protect small farmers and rural livelihoods