By Milo Milfort — A wave of gang violence in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince has displaced over 3,000 people who are now living in inhumane conditions amid the alleged indifference of…
By Unesco — On the night of 22 to 23 August 1791, in Saint Domingue, today the Republic of Haiti, saw the beginning of the uprising that would play a…
By Dr. Maulana Karenga — As we celebrate and commemorate this month of revolution and resistance, we call Black August, we of necessity pay rightful and special homage to the…
By Brian Ellsworth, Reuters — U.S. authorities have seen a spike in weapons smuggling to Haiti and the Caribbean in recent months, officials said on Wednesday, promising to boost efforts…
By Nick Paton Walsh, Natalie Gallón, Etant Dupain and Brice Laine CNN — The rounds bounced off the armored vehicle, as police carried a limp civilian to the sidewalk —…
Over 470 people have been killed, injured or are missing in recent violence, according to the U.N., as gangs expand their control and threaten the presidential palace. By Maria Abi-Habib…
By Harold Isaac and Brian Ellsworth, Reuters — A string of recent arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, has…
A war between Haitian gangs which has left hundreds dead since it flared up three weeks ago has spread to the centre of the capital, Port-au-Prince. By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC…
By Evens Sanon , AP — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of children and adults sheltered at a high school in Haiti’s capital Saturday after fleeing shooting in a neighborhood where fighting…
Assistance from the World Food Programme brings a degree of security to people such as Adeline – but we need funds to continue our work. By Theresa Piorr, WFP —…
MSF says corpses line only road into isolated area of Cite-Soleil, Haiti, which rival gangs have turned into a ‘battlefield’. By Al Jazeera — Thousands of people are trapped without…
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee — On May 20th, The New York Times published a meticulously documented series entitled, “The Ransom,” detailing the devastating impact of the so-called “Independence Tax”…