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On Tuesday, a 4.9 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, killing at least four people and injuring nearly 40 others. Just days before, heavy floods killed at least 52 people and destroyed thousands of homes.
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti will name entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aime to replace Prime Minister Garry Conille, who was tapped for the role in May, according to a ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -A fuel truck explosion on a road in Haiti's southern peninsula on Saturday killed 24 people and left half of the 40 injured survivors with third-degree burns, the ...
The socioeconomic and political crisis in Haiti has been marked by rising energy prices due to the 2022 global energy crisis, as well as protests, and civil unrest against the government of Haiti, armed gang violence, an outbreak of cholera, shortages of fuel and clean drinking water, as well as widespread acute hunger.
The most recent numbers from the United Nations show that there’s been a 60% increase in the number of people displaced between March and June, from 360,000 to nearly 580,000.
Haiti has been undergoing a crisis since 2018, including political assassinations and a gang war since 2023. On 1 March 2024, Haitian prime minister Ariel Henry signed an agreement in Nairobi, Kenya attempting to allow the deployment of 1,000 Kenyan police officers to Haiti.
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Haiti is facing further turmoil as former Prime Minister Ariel Henry has said that only he can appoint the transitional council needed to take over leadership of the beleaguered Caribbean nation.