Dr. Maulana Karenga — Each August, this month of memory and marking of heightened struggle, we inevitably and unavoidably turn towards Haiti in rightful remembrance and homage. We rightfully remember,…
One Afghan vet calls potential mission ‘a nightmare waiting for a place to happen’. By Evan Dyer, CBC News — An unstoppable force collides with an immovable object in Ottawa…
Antony J. Blinken, United States Secretary of State — The United States commends the Government of Kenya for responding to Haiti’s call and for considering to serve as the lead…
By Reuters — Kenya is ready to lead a multinational force into Haiti, which is experiencing a surge in violence between police and gangs, its foreign minister said on Saturday….
By Rafael Bernal, The Hill — A key international aid organization is slashing its food assistance program in Haiti, leaving 100,000 people without food aid they had previously counted on….
World Food Programme calls for funds to maintain ‘stabilizing’ humanitarian assistance. By World Food Programme — “Haiti’s hunger crisis is unseen, unheard, and unaddressed,” World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain, who…
Regional leaders express hope for consensus as troubled nation’s stakeholders begin security talks in Kingston By Ainsworth Morris, Jamaica Gleaner — As regional leaders and former leaders came together in…
By Bill Fletcher, Jr. — Walking into the Baltimore, Maryland Convention Center on April 22nd, I was uncertain as to what expect. The much publicized and fifth “State of the…
By Julianne Malveaux — My maternal grandfather was Haitian. I didn’t know him well – he died when I was about six. I don’t remember whether he smoked a pipe…
As the international community contemplates another armed intervention, a reckoning with history is long overdue. By Marlene L. Daut, The New Yorker — “What happened to the Creole pigs is…
Kidnappings and sexual violence against women and girls is also surging. By OCHA — With the humanitarian situation in Haiti deteriorating by the day – in the face of spiralling…
By Loop News — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have reiterated their commitment to finding a lasting solution to issues affecting Haiti. The leaders with responsibility for Haiti met yesterday, under…