Haiti government prepares to ask for ‘specialized armed force’ from abroad
Prime minister authorized to ask international community to help end blockade of main fuel port that has led to crippling shortages Haiti’s government has authorized...
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Two Haitian journalists killed while reporting in slum controlled by gangs
Tayson Latigue and Frantzsen Charles were among seven journalists who came under attack on Sunday Two Haitian reporters have been shot dead and their bodies...
Magnolia species lost to science for 97 years rediscovered in Haiti
Conservationists find native magnolia for first time since 1925 after original habitat destroyed by deforestation A conservation team has rediscovered a native magnolia tree in...
Sixteen people dead after boat with Haitian migrants capsizes in Bahamas
Four women and 17 men were rescued, in dangerous route frequently used by migrants seeking to reach the US Sixteen people were dead after a...
Gang warfare traps thousands in Haiti slum as fuel crisis add to desperation
Calls for aid to be let into Port-au-Prince district after ‘battlefield’ violence leaves dozens dead and cuts supplies of food and water Haiti’s capital has...
Boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, killing 11 as a ‘mass rescue effort’ is under way
The total number of those aboard remains unclear although 31 have been rescued; the incident is the latest in a string across the region Eleven...
‘Incredible cruelty’: gang battles leave 150 dead in Haitian capital
Scores wounded as violence paralyses Port-au-Prince forcing thousands to flee their homes Nearly 150 people have been killed and scores wounded during gunfights between warring...
Seven more survivors of capsized boat rescued near Puerto Rico
The number of survivors – most of them migrants from Haiti – is now 38, with a death toll of 11 The US Coast Guard...
Hostages held in Haiti escaped by slipping past armed guards in the night
Twelve kidnapped in October, including an infant and small child, walked hours by moonlight to safety Kidnapped missionaries in Haiti found freedom last week by...
