Tag: Haiti

• Thursday, March 7th 2024 - 09:49 UTC

  Haiti's PM in Puerto Rico, not resigning, for now

  

  Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has sought shelter in Puerto Rico after his aircraft was denied a landing clearance by the Dominican Republic, it was reported Wednesday. Henry is unable to return to Port-au-Prince where gang groups threaten that a bloodbath will occur should he refuse to resign.

• Monday, January 29th 2024 - 14:51 UTC

  Kenya led UN law and order mission to Haiti ruled 'unconstitutional'

  

  The troubled island of Haiti, desperate for a multinational force to help combat rising gang violence, with over 5,000 people murdered last year, and several UN failed sponsored peace missions, has again been disappointed. The offer from the east African nation of Kenya to help with such a force has faced the country's top court ruling of 'unconstitutional'.

• Saturday, December 23rd 2023 - 09:35 UTC

  Former Colombian soldier enters guilty plea in Moïse's murder trial

  

  Former Colombian soldier Mario Antonio Palacios Palacios has pleaded guilty in a US court to the July 7, 2021, assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, becoming the fifth of 11 defendants to do so in Miami.

• 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.