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PM: Jamaica willing to take part in military intervention in Haiti

February 2, 2023

This Sept 22, 2022, photo shows Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters. Holness on Jan 31, 2023 told lawmakers that Jamaica would be willing to take part in an international military deployment to Haiti. (PHOTO / AP)...

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UN: In-need children in Haiti up half million in 2 years

January 31, 2023

In this photo taken on July 30, 2022, children take refuge at a Catholic school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after escaping gang violence in the Cité Soleil area. More than 300 Haitian children try to forget, at least for a time, the gang violence that forced them to flee their homes....

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UN warns of worst human rights situation in decades in Haiti

November 4, 2022

Haitians work in Port-au-Prince on Oct 29, 2022. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) GENEVA - Continued armed violence has pushed Haiti into the worst human rights and humanitarian situation it has seen in decades, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Thursday. Urgent solutions to this "protracted, multifaceted...

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Cholera kills at least seven in Haiti as disease returns

October 3, 2022

Children take refuge at a Catholic school in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on July 30, 2022, after escaping gang violence in the Cité Soleil area. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haiti on Sunday said at least seven people have died of cholera in a surprise return of the disease that comes...

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Thousands protest in Haiti over crime and inflation

August 23, 2022

Firefighters try to extinguish a fire set by demonstrators during a protest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Aug 22, 2022. (ODELYN JOSEPH / AP) PORT-AU-PRINCE – Thousands of Haitians on Monday joined rallies around the Caribbean country to protest rampant crime and soaring consumer prices as its central bank reported that...

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Fuel truck explosion in Haiti kills at least 50

December 15, 2021

A man walks with his child past burning barricades erected by protesters in response to rising fuel prices, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dec 10, 2021. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) PORT-AU-PRINCE - At least 50 people were killed when a fuel truck exploded in a street in Haiti's second-largest city Cap-Haitien during the...

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Haiti quake survivors fear for children’s future

August 25, 2021

Girls carry water jerry cans at a camp for people who lost their home during the Aug 14 earthquake in Les Cayes, Haiti, on Aug 23, 2021. (RICHARD PIERRIN / AFP) CAMP-PERRIN, Haiti - Many survivors of an earthquake that killed more than 2,200 people in southern Haiti are worried...

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Haiti faces anger, despair a week after quake, fanning security fears

August 23, 2021

A man throws a bag of rice into a crowd of earthquake victims gathered for the distribution of food and water at the "4 Chemins" crossroads in Les Cayes, Haiti on August 20, 2021. (REGINALD LOUISSAINT JR / AFP) MARCELINE, Haiti - Tensions in Haiti were rising on Saturday over...

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PM Henry says quake left Haiti ‘on its knees’

August 20, 2021

A man stands close to the rubble of a collapsed building in Jeremie, Haiti, Aug 18, 2021, four days after the city was struck by a 7.2-magnitude earthquake. (MATIAS DELACROIX/AP) LES CAYES - An earthquake that killed more than 2,000 people in Haiti had left the Caribbean nation "on its...

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Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000

August 19, 2021

People recover belongings from the rubble of their home destroyed by an earthquake in Fleurant, Haiti, Aug 17, 2021. (FERNANDO LLANO / AP) LES CAYES - Survivors of the earthquake that killed at least 1,941 people in Haiti clamored for food, shelter and medical care on Tuesday as search and...

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Hopes for quake survivors dwindle as storm lashes Haiti

August 18, 2021

A woman affected by Saturday's earthquake recovers her belongings under the rain of Tropical Depression Grace at a refugee camp in Les Cayes, Haiti, Aug 16, 2021. (JOSEPH ODELYN / AP) LES CAYES - Heavy rains lashed Haiti on Tuesday night, complicating rescue efforts and drenching thousands left homeless by...

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Violent protests mar funeral of slain Haiti president

July 25, 2021

Haiti's new Prime Minister Ariel Henry (center) attends the funeral for slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, on July 23, 2021, in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, the main city in his native northern region. (VALERIE BAERISWY / AFP) CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti - Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to assassinated president Jovenel Moise on Friday...

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US rebuffs Haiti troops request after president’s assassination

July 11, 2021

A girl sits next to suitcases amid a crowd of Haitians gathered in front of the US Embassy, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, July 9, 2021. (JOSEPH ODELYN/AP) BOGOTA/PORT-AU-PRINCE - The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti's request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise...

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Haitian president assassinated at home, sparking fears of turmoil

July 8, 2021

In this file photo dated Sept 6, 2016, then presidential candidate Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview with AFP in the commune of Petion Ville in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince. (HECTOR RETAMAL / AFP) PORT-AU-PRINCE - Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by unidentified attackers in his private residence overnight...