Haiti News

A Teacher and 6 Members of a Religious Congregation Have Been...

Six members of a religious congregation in Haiti and a teacher have been kidnapped while gathered in front of a school in the capital, officials said.

Haiti’s ambassador to OAS resigns to contest charges that he helped...

Haiti’s representative to the Organisation of American States, who served as police chief when the country’s president, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated nearly three years ago and who has been indicted in the conspiracy, has resigned.

Update: Lawyers for the wife of former Haitian president respond to...

An attorney for Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s widow, who was indicted in his assassination, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he believes the accusations against her are politically motivated.

Sixteen Haitian Family Members Found Dead at Home

Sixteen people from the same family were found dead in a remote mountain town in southern Haiti, a local official said on Monday, with local news outlets noting the deaths were reported a day after the family attended a funeral.

Assassinated Haitian president’s widow among dozens indicted over his death

A Haitian judge in charge of the investigation into the assassination in 2021 of the country’s last president, Jovenel Moïse, has charged 50 people including his widow and a former prime minister, according to a document leaked to local media.

US Coast Guard repatriates 33 migrants to Haiti

The United States (US) Coast Guard says the crew of its hips, the Cutter Benard C. Webber, repatriated 33 migrants to Haiti on Monday following the interception of a “migrant venture” near Fort Pierce Inlet, Florida.

Children killed while fleeing violence in areas controlled by armed groups...

UNICEF has received reports that at least two children were fatally shot while fleeing violence in areas controlled by armed groups in downtown Port-au-Prince over the past weekend.

Haiti’s rum industry takes a hit as gangs torch sugarcane fields

Haiti's renowned rum has become the newest victim of violent gangs vying to control a growing number of businesses and territory in the troubled Caribbean nation.

UN Official Warns ‘Dire’ Haiti Situation Getting Worse

The already dire human rights situation in Haiti has deteriorated even further amid unrelenting and expanding gang violence, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on Friday.

Former DEA informant sentenced to life for assassination of Haitian president

A former US government informant has been sentenced to life for his role in the assassination of Haiti's former president Jovenel Moise.