Sources: AFP via Global Post
The United Nations International Organization for Migration reports that over 700,000 Haitians are internally displaced in the country due to gang violence, with more than half being children. 2024-10-2
Following increased international pressure, Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier announces the end of a blockade that his gang had imposed on a key fuel station, leading to severe shortages. 2022-11-6
Three of the seven Catholic clergy who were kidnapped in Croix-des-Bouquets, Ouest, Haiti, on April 11 are released. 2021-04-22
Rainstorms in southern Haiti trigger floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 23 deaths with the capital Port-au-Prince worst affected. 2011-06-7
Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand-Aristide returns to Haiti, two days before a general election. 2011-03-18
Amnesty International announces that authorities are investigating alleged crimes against humanity committed during Jean-Claude Duvalier's 1971-86 rule over Haiti. Duvalier sneaks out of his upmarket hotel via a rear exit, avoiding journalists. 2011-01-21
Haitian authorities file corruption and theft charges against former president Jean-Claude Duvalier. 2011-01-19
The Irish government pledges €500,000 and an emergency shipment of humanitarian supplies to Haiti in the battle against its cholera epidemic. 2010-11-14
At least five people die in a freak storm in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2010-09-24
Musician Wyclef Jean is reportedly omitted from the list of candidates for the Haitian presidential election. 2010-08-20