Tag: Haiti

• Tuesday, October 3rd 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  UN okays sending peacekeepers to Haiti

  

  The United Nations Security Council Monday acquiesced to the sending of an international force to help Haiti’s authorities get the country back on track amid mounting gang violence. Thirteen of the 15 council members voted for the mission. China and Russia abstained.

• Monday, September 18th 2023 - 10:10 UTC

  Haitians want PM to step down due to crisis with Dominican Republic

  

  Scores of Haitians demanded Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry following Dominican President Luis Abinader's decision to close all borders between the only two countries sharing the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.

• Saturday, September 16th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti for as long as necessary

  

  Dominican Republic authorities closed all land, air, and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute stemming from the construction of a canal in Haitian territory that affects the flow of water from a river shared by both countries.

• Monday, July 31st 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Kenya willing to help Haiti

  

  Following an international appeal for help to crisis-torn Haiti, Kenya's Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua said in a statement Saturday that his country was ready to participate in a multinational force to curb the escalating violence in the Caribbean country.

• Monday, July 3rd 2023 - 08:11 UTC

  Guterres says Haiti needs international help

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Saturday called for international help to support local police efforts in crisis-torn Haiti.

• Wednesday, September 28th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

  UN mission in Haiti cut down to “only essential” staff

  

  The United Nations mission in Haiti has been cut down to a minimum after all non-essential workers were instructed to evacuate the violence-torn Caribbean nation. The announcement came two months after the UN Security Council voted to extend the mission's presence for at least another year.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

  Suspect in killing of Haitian president freed by Istanbul Court

  

  A Court in Türkiye Monday turned down a request for the extradition of Samir Nasri Salem Handal to Haiti in connection with the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July last year.

• Wednesday, May 4th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Killing of journalists on the rise in Haiti - UN concerned

  

  Haiti's crisis includes the murder of 19 journalists since 2000, three of them this year, according to the United Nations Integrated Office, which has also called for local authorities to act accordingly since these crimes systematically remain unpunished.

• Saturday, February 12th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

  New judge also resigns from investigating Haitian president's murder

  

  Haitian Judge Chavannes Étienne, who had been appointed to investigate the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, has resigned from the case Friday, thus becoming the fourth magistrate to make the same decision.

• Tuesday, February 8th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Demonstrators in Haiti take to the streets, want PM to resign

  

  Demonstrators have taken to the streets of Haiti Monday to demand Prime Minister Ariel Henry agrees to hold discussions regarding a possible solution to the country's critical situation.