UNICEF Dispatch From Haiti: What Children Need Most

Multiple threats to children’s health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence and displacement. A look at what UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently needed support, protection and hope. In Port-au-Prince on Jan. …

Haiti - FLASH : Inauguration of the SESAHD Health Center, an achievement of the Haitian diaspora in the DR

Haiti - FLASH : Inauguration of the SESAHD Health Center, an achievement of the Haitian diaspora in the DR 10/02/2025 07:15:57 Sherline Céliscar, the Acting Chief Consul of the Consulate General of Haiti in Santiago, Dominican Republic, attended …

The complex story of the Creole pig's significance to Haiti - and to its downfall

The Creole pig means more than food in Haiti. The Kreyol kochon is one of the country’s most important historical icons: its sacrifice was a central part of the spiritual ceremony that started the Haitian Revolution in 1791. After Haiti won its …

Haiti General Elections Set for November

The head of Haiti’s Presidential Transitional Council, Leslie Voltaire, has announced that a general election is set for November 2025. Voltaire told a French television station the country is moving toward restoring democratic governance after years of …

Mission impossible: Holding out hope for Haiti

Unethical governance has seen many Haitians deprived of much needed sustenance, medicine and equipment, with many of these items often landing in the hands of a few controlling families and/or groups. The poverty and death statistics imparted by the …

Where Does the Money Go? A Look at USAID Spending in Haiti

Photograph Source: U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Tyler J. Clements – Public Domain “We’re shutting it down,” Elon Musk said over the weekend in reference to USAID, the country’s main aid agency, which oversees around $40 billion a year …

CARICOM remains a key advocate for Haiti – ASG Elizabeth Solomon

Haiti is still fighting corruption

The Anti-Corruption Unit is conducting an investigation into the former director general of the National Old Age Insurance Office, Jemley Jean-Baptiste, involved in the granting of loans considered suspicious to several beneficiaries, among them Mildred …

Don't allow a cash crunch stall Kenya-led Haiti mission

Kenyan police officers arrive at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince on February 6, 2025. [AFP] The joint security mission in Haiti took a hit this week after US President Donald Trump froze $13m (Sh1.6b) funding. This follows a 90 …

Haiti - FLASH : Earthquake in the Caribbean 7.6 - Tsunami warning for Haiti (Potential threat) - UPDATE 7h35pm

Haiti - FLASH : Earthquake in the Caribbean 7.6 - Tsunami warning for Haiti (Potential threat) - UPDATE 7h35pm 08/02/2025 19:15:44 This Saturday, January 8, 2025 at 6:36:14 am, an earthquake of 7.6 on the Richter scale was recorded in the Caribbean …