Latest Haiti News

Haiti's transitional council issues its first statement, signaling its creation is nearly complete

Mar. 27, 2024 17:28 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on Wednesday, pledging to restore “public and democratic order” in Haiti. The statement, although signed...

783 million people face chronic hunger. Yet the world wastes 19% of its food, UN says

Mar. 27, 2024 12:41 PM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The world wasted an estimated 19% of the food produced globally in 2022, or about 1.05 billion metric tons, according to a new United Nations report. The U.N. Environment Programme's Food Waste Index Report, published Wednesday, tracks the progress of...

Hunger deepens as relentless gang violence targets Haiti's capital

Mar. 26, 2024 15:01 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies across the road from the country’s largest public hospital. The attacks that began Monday and continued into early Tuesday...

Death threats and security concerns hinder creation of council that will choose Haiti's next leader

Mar. 25, 2024 22:14 PM EDT

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible for choosing Haiti’s new leader triggered a flurry of meetings with Caribbean leaders and officials from the U.S., Canada and France, officials said Monday. The council...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

Mar. 25, 2024 07:22 AM EDT

Dallas Morning News. March 24, 2024. Editorial: Is bipartisanship dead in Austin? Not on artificial intelligence rules. The need for an artificial intelligence law becomes more urgent each day. Artificial intelligence technology is exploding into all...

For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return

Mar. 23, 2024 14:50 PM EDT

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to Mexico, where she opened a restaurant, she always believed she would eventually return home. Until now. With gang violence wracking...

As gangs rampage through Haiti's capital, more than 33,000 people have fled in 13 days, report finds

Mar. 22, 2024 19:54 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 33,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in a span of nearly two weeks as gangs continue to pillage homes and attack state institutions, according to a new report from the U.N.’s International Organization for Migration. The majority of...

Haitians emerge from homes during brief respite from gang violence. Hours later, gunfire erupts

Mar. 21, 2024 22:27 PM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitians rushed to buy food and other basic supplies Thursday as they emerged from their homes during a rare respite from gang violence, but gunfire erupted in downtown Port-au-Prince hours later. Female street vendors balancing heavy loads on their...

Gangs target peaceful communities in new attacks on Haiti's capital

Mar. 21, 2024 05:43 AM EDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince on Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital. Associated Press journalists reported seeing at least five bodies in and around the...

Gaza and Haiti are on the brink of famine, experts say. Here's what that means

Mar. 19, 2024 21:32 PM EDT

Catastrophic hunger is so dire in two world hotspots that famine is imminent in northern Gaza and approaching in Haiti, with hundreds of thousands of people in both places struggling to avoid starvation. That’s according to food security experts and aid groups, who are warning...