Sources: AFP via Global Post
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres calls for "armed action" to establish a humanitarian corridor in Haiti, saying Haitians face a "nightmarish situation", especially in the capital, Port-au-Prince. 2022-10-17
The death toll from the fuel tank truck explosion in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, six days ago rises to 90. 2021-12-20
Haitian Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant resigns after deadly protests against fuel price rises. 2018-07-15
An overnight fire destroys parts of Haiti's historic Marché en Fer (Iron Market) in Port‑au‑Prince. It is unclear what started the fire. 2018-02-13
Jovenel Moïse provisionally wins the Haitian election. With Moïse earning over 50% of the vote, a runoff election will not be required unless the losing candidates contest the result. 2016-11-29
The United Nations launches an emergency appeal for almost U.S.$120 million in life-saving help for 750,000 survivors in Haiti at risk of starvation and-or cholera. 2016-10-11
Matthew's death toll in Haiti rises to at least one thousand, with victims being buried in mass graves. An unknown number of people remain missing and authorities report that cholera is spreading in the hardest hit-areas in the country's southwest. 2016-10-10
Members of the United Nations peacekeeping force sent to Haiti are alleged to have raped a Haitian teenage boy and sexually abused him at a UN base in the town of Port-Salut: he is to testify in a closed hearing. 2012-05-10
At least 26 people are killed after a truck's brakes fail along a busy street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. 2012-01-17
At least 120 people are tested for cholera in the capital of Haiti, Port-au-Prince. 2010-11-8