Tag: Haiti

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 23:09 UTC

  Dozens killed or wounded after explosion in Haiti

  

  At least 60 people have been killed and dozens more were injured when a fuel truck blew up Monday night in the Samari area near Cap-Haitien, the country's second-largest city.

• Tuesday, December 14th 2021 - 03:22 UTC

  Late Haitian President had list of corruption ring

  

  Slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse planned to give authorities in the United States a list of politicians and businessmen linked to drug trafficking, it was reported Monday.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 08:58 UTC

  Haiti's PM appoints new cabinet in pursuit of some political stability

  

  Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry Wednesday launched a full-scale cabinet reshuffle to include some opposition figures within his administration in an attempt to achieve some stability in a country still trying to recover from the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse plus a devastating earthquake, the COVID-19 pandemic and also some gang violence.

• Thursday, November 18th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Suspect in Haiti president's murder dies presumably of COVID-19

  

  A former Haitian policeman who had been arrested for his alleged involvement in the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse has died presumably of COVID-19 while in custody, it was reported.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:02 UTC

  Yet another suspect arrested in Haitian President's murder case

  

  Turkish authorities have arrested businessman Samir Handal in connection with the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince residence, it was announced.

• Friday, October 22nd 2021 - 08:11 UTC

  Colombian national reportedly arrested in Jamaica over murder of Haiti's President

  

  Jamaican media have reported the arrest of a Colombian national in connection with the July 7 assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse at his Port-au-Prince residence.

• Tuesday, October 5th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile and Interpol break up smuggling ring of Haitians and children to Mexico and US

  

  An operation codenamed ‘Frontera Norte’ has allowed Chile’s Criminal Investigations Police (Policía de Investigaciones – PDI) to arrest nine suspected members of a migrant smuggling ring following an investigation supported by INTERPOL and law enforcement across South and Central America.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2021 - 07:17 UTC

  Haiti PM dismisses prosecutor investigating him for President Moïse's assassination

  

  Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry Tuesday dismissed Prosecutor Bel-Ford Claude, who hours earlier had requested to open an investigation into the murder of President Jovenel Moïse which involved the current head of government.

• Thursday, September 9th 2021 - 08:25 UTC

  Haiti Government releases draft of new Constitution

  

  Haiti's provisional Government Wednesday released a draft of a new Constitution through which the country will try to recover from the political instability left by the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

• Wednesday, August 25th 2021 - 07:36 UTC

  Royal Navy helping to survey devastation in earthquake hit Haiti

  

  Royal Navy aviators are helping to survey the devastation in Haiti as they fly dawn-to-dusk flights over the earthquake-hit Caribbean country. A helicopter from support ship RFA Wave Knight has been in the air since Friday, flying over parts of the Tiburon Peninsula – epicenter of the quake which struck on August 14 – to locate villages, towns and infrastructure urgently in need of help.