News Haiti: Deadly Haiti drone attack kills eight children in capital Port-au-Prince
A deadly drone attack in an impoverished area of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, which killed at least 11 people, including eight children, is being blamed on the government, as the country’s use of ...
News Haiti: Haiti Inflation Slows to 17% but Central Bank Keeps Rates on Hold
Haiti inflation slowed to 17.0% in August, official data show. The central bank kept its main rates unchanged as food prices and gangs still weigh.
News Haiti: Fashion’s Key Role in Rebuilding Haiti
NEW YORK — The apparel industry is playing a crucial role in helping to rebuild Haiti less than two years after a devastating earthquake brought ruin to the impoverished Caribbean country. Former ...
News Haiti: Haiti’s independence debt to France focus of debate at UN
Two centuries to the day after France imposed a crippling debt on Haiti in exchange for its independence, a UN forum heard calls for the restitution of what has long been described as a “ransom” extorted under the threat of force from the Caribbean nation that still bears the scars of colonialism and slavery.
News Haiti: Congress extends HOPE for Haiti’s biggest export industry; now awaits Trump’s signature
For Haiti, where textiles have accounted for 90% of exports, the extension provides a measure of stability to a once thriving industry battered by political turmoil, gang violence and uncertainty over the future of the trade preference.
News Haiti: Haiti Transit Ban Orders Overseas Imports to Bypass Dominican Republic
Haiti transit ban: a finance ministry circular says goods from third countries must ship straight to Haitian ports or airports, not via Dominican soil.
News Haiti: Haiti: ‘Bearers of hope’, saving newborn lives, amid growing turmoil
As protection, healthcare and essential services break down, the violence and volatile political and economic crisis engulfing Haiti has rapidly deteriorated into what the UN has described overall as ...
News Haiti: Haiti farmers demand a say in $47.9M agriculture project
Haitian farmers want a voice in how a proposed $47.9M agriculture investment in the North and Northeast is carried out.
News Haiti: Jobs, Trade and Credit: The Structural Gaps Keeping Haiti’s Economy from Moving
A new World Bank Group report argues that Haiti retains important economic strengths despite years of weak growth, including a young workforce, proximity to major markets and export potential in agriculture. The report also makes clear that recovery will depend on addressing deeper constraints around job creation, displacement, remittance dependence, market access, governance and the physical reconnection of economic activity across the country.
News Haiti: US will contribute $300 million to Haiti’s multinational security mission
The United States will contribute $300 million to the Kenyan-led multinational security mission to Haiti, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday, as the situation on the ground continues to deteriorate.
News Haiti: Economic Risks Rise: Haiti’s Road to Recovery Runs Through Jobs, Farms and Trade
Released on Monday, the report examines Haiti’s economic performance and outlook after consecutive years of hardship and two decades of constrained growth.
News Haiti: Haiti: Jobs Needed for Progress
Love Haiti suggests that “the hardships facing Haiti today may be compared to the Great Depression of the United States”, explaining: “The point of this analogy is simply to state that ...
News Haiti: Brazil v Haiti to be Seleção's first game at Lincoln Financial Field
Venue for Brazil vs. Haiti, Lincoln Financial Field has a capacity of 67,500 peopleCredits: Dustin Satloff - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images This Friday’s (19) match between Brazil and Haiti will be the ...
News Haiti: Tax preparer sentenced to prison for fraud after years on the run in Haiti
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A tax preparer who spent years avoiding arrest in Haiti has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for an almost $1 million tax fraud scheme. The U.S. Attorney’s Office ...
News Haiti: Peanut paste is saving kids in Haiti. Getting it to them is the hard part
In a sterile, solar-powered facility in northern Haiti, workers suit up like surgeons. But they aren’t performing operations, they’re producing medicine in the form of peanut paste. And in a country ...
News Haiti: How Can Saving Mangroves Help Improve Lives In Haiti?
Visit to a group of fishers in Nippes, Haiti, building the capacity of fisherfolk to employ sustainable fishing practices. So far, 385 community members trained in natural resource management and 45 ...
News Haiti: Haiti’s Rural Recovery Bet: Can Cocoa and Breadfruit Turn Fragile Farms Into Stable Futures?
Agricultural development programmes in Haiti’s Grand’Anse region are using cocoa and breadfruit value chains to create jobs, strengthen food security and connect small-scale farmers to better markets. Backed by the ILO, WFP and international partners, the PROFIT and SAMS projects point to a wider development strategy: rebuilding rural livelihoods through local production, infrastructure, climate resilience and school feeding systems.
News Haiti: Haiti opens two new Judicial Poles to fight corruption, money laundering, arms trafficking and more
For this reason, on 27 May, Haiti formally inaugurated its two specialized judicial chambers — one for complex financial crimes (including corruption and money laundering), and another for mass crimes ...
