Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council long sought by the international community to prepare the troubled Caribbean country for its first general elections since 2016. Smith Augustin, a member of the country's...

Haiti creates provisional electoral council as country prepares to hold elections for the first time since 2016

Unidentified gunmen kill high-ranking migration official in one of Haiti's biggest cities

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A high-ranking official with Haiti’s National Office of Migration was killed Wednesday in the north coastal city of Cap-Haitien. Kerwin Augustin, a regional representative who oversaw Haiti’s northern region, was shot near his house and died at a...

The number of people killed in Haiti after a tanker truck exploded rises to 26

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of people killed after a tanker truck carrying gasoline exploded in southern Haiti over the weekend has risen to 26, officials said. At least 40 others were injured, and six of them have been transferred to the capital, Port-au-Prince,...

Fuel truck explosion kills at least 15 people in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A tanker truck carrying gasoline in Haiti on Saturday flipped and exploded, killing at least 15 people and seriously injuring 40 others, officials said. Prime Minister Garry Conille provided the figures in an X post. Earlier, Radio Caraibes reported...

Trump and Vance are still stoking fears of Haitian migrants, as Ohio community faces bomb threats

Donald Trump and his running mate on Friday continued to disparage Haitian migrants in an Ohio community, further fueling false claims the Republicans have promoted even as the city saw bomb threats and school evacuations and local officials called for a cooling of the anti-immigrant rhetoric. ...

Fresh wave of violence erupts in Haiti's capital over a soccer match

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A fresh wave of violence between rival gangs in one of the Haitian capital's poorest neighborhoods was sparked by gunfire that broke out over a referee's call during a soccer match, a pastor and newspaper said Friday. The awarding of a penalty kick in...

Jamaican soldiers and police arrive in Haiti to help fight gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Two dozen soldiers and police officers from Jamaica arrived in Haiti on Thursday to join a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight powerful gangs. Jamaica is the second country to join the mission, which was approved by the U.N. Security Council in...

Trump falsely accuses immigrants in Ohio of abducting and eating pets

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns. ...

Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight violent gangs. The 20 soldiers and four police officers...