Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been banned from leaving the country amid an investigation into his alleged involvement in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. A prosecutor is seeking charges against Mr Henry, who has been asked to explain his links with a key suspect in the killing, Joseph Felix Badio. Records show the […]
By WiredJA News Team UNITED NATIONS, September 11, 2021 -Following the release of its findings, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization of (FAO) has urgently called for more investment to help rural Haitians go back to small-scale farming and avoid a worsening of the food crisis. Last month’s earthquake destroyed markets, roads, storage and processing […]
By Jean Eddy Saint Paul, The Conversation The powerful earthquake that struck Haiti on Aug. 14, 2021, followed a long series of natural and human-caused disasters to rock the country. Unfortunately, if history offers any clues, earthquake relief efforts will be complicated by the nation’s recent political unrest. President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated less than […]
Washington, D.C.: Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director, Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, reported that health facilities in three departments in post-earthquake Haiti are overwhelmed and called on the international community to meet the country’s “immense” need for medical personnel, supplies, equipment, and patient transportation. “In total 24 health facilities suffered damage, mainly first level of […]
BY JAMI GANZ (NEW YORK DAILY NEWS)
A devastating earthquake killed more than 300 people Saturday morning in southwestern Haiti, with reports of towns destroyed and victims buried in the rubble as hospitals were overrun with injured survivors. Officials were sent scrambling after the 8:30 a.m. quake, with its epicenter about 78 miles west of capital city Port-au-Prince. Search-and-rescue teams were dispatched […]
Prime Minister Ariel Henry, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. | Photo: Twitter/ @MiQuiquella By BBC Ariel Henry has been sworn in as Haiti’s new prime minister, nearly two weeks after the assassination of the country’s President Jovenel Moïse. The late president asked Mr Henry to take the job, days before he was gunned down in the capital, Port-au-Prince. […]
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on stage at the Miramar Cultural Center. He spoke to a capacity audience about Haiti’s progress during his first year in office. – Miramar, Florida/USA – April 15, 2018 (Shutterstock) By BBC The widow of Haiti’s assassinated president has returned to the Caribbean nation after being treated in Florida for wounds […]
By Tamanisha John, The Conversation Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in the early morning hours of July 7, 2021, in a brazen attack on his private home outside Port-au-Prince, the capital. Moïse’s wife was also shot in the assault that killed her husband. The assailants have not been identified, and Haiti’s prime minister reports […]
Demonstrators marching along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House to encourage the Biden administration in ending its support of Haitian dictator Jovenel Moise. – Washington, DC – May 18, 2021 (Shutterstock) By BBC A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say. After a […]
The Haitian American Caucus sends our deepest condolences to the family and friends of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and First Lady Martine Moïse. Earlier today we learned that President Jovenel was assassinated at his private residence in Pèlerin, Port-au-Prince. They leave behind three children. The First Lady is in critical condition, but stable and was […]