News: Haiti

We have started to collect the most important news related to Haiti in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Haiti: news

UN launches Haiti cholera appeal

Tuesday, December 11th 2012, 17:27

The United Nations is launching a $2bn (£1.3bn) appeal to fight a cholera epidemic in Haiti that has killed almost 8,000 people.
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Haiti facing Sandy food shortage

Tuesday, November 13th 2012, 21:28

The United Nations says 1.5 million people in Haiti are at risk of not having proper access to food throughout 2013 due to natural disasters.
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UN to send emergency aid to Cuba

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 15:17
related countries: Cuba

The UN's World Food Programme is to send emergency food supplies to Cuba and also appeals for funds to help Haiti in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
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Haiti appeals for emergency aid

Monday, November 5th 2012, 9:14

The Haitian government renews calls for international aid more than a week after Hurricane Sandy caused major damage to crops and infrastructure.
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VIDEO: Hardship in Haiti after Sandy

Friday, November 2nd 2012, 9:23

Aid agencies on Haiti have voiced concerns about the devastating impact of Hurricane Sandy, which killed 54 people when it struck the Caribbean island last week.
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Haiti food fears grow after Sandy

Wednesday, October 31st 2012, 14:11

Hurricane Sandy destroyed many crops in southern Haiti, raising food shortage fears, officials say, as the clean-up in the Caribbean continues.
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Clintons open Haiti industry park

Monday, October 22nd 2012, 23:04

Hillary and Bill Clinton join international donors at the opening of an industrial park aimed at boosting investment in quake-ravaged Haiti.
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Haiti cholera 'started at UN camp'

Monday, October 22nd 2012, 5:04

New evidence emerges about alleged role UN troops in epidemic
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VIDEO: Haiti cholera 'came from UN base'

Monday, October 22nd 2012, 5:00

An outbreak of cholera in Haiti which started two years ago did come from a UN base housing Nepalese peacekeepers, new evidence suggests.
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Rapper's fundraising investigated

Monday, October 15th 2012, 17:39

Wyclef Jean's fundraising for victims of the Haiti earthquake is being investigated.
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The massacre that marked Haiti-Dominican ties

Saturday, October 13th 2012, 1:39
related countries: Dominica

How a slip of the tongue spelled tragedy
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Uruguay charges over Haiti abuse

Monday, September 24th 2012, 21:18
related countries: Uruguay

Four Uruguayan marines are detained on charges that they abused a young Haitian man while serving with the UN peacekeeping force last year.
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Haitian migrant boat runs aground

Sunday, August 26th 2012, 23:47
related countries: The Bahamas

A boat carrying more than 150 illegal Haitian migrants capsizes off the Bahamas, with most on board surviving, but more than a dozen feared drowned.
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VIDEO: Storm delays Republican gathering

Sunday, August 26th 2012, 8:42
related countries: Cuba, United States
related places: Florida, Republican

The US Republican Party decides to delay discussions at their national convention in Florida because of the approaching Tropical Storm Isaac, which has already swept across Haiti and Cuba.
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Tropical storm dumps rain on Cuba

Sunday, August 26th 2012, 3:34
related countries: Dominica, Dominican Republic

Tropical Storm Isaac dumps rain on eastern Cuba after bringing flood misery to the south coast of Haiti, where four people were killed.
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VIDEO: Tropical storm Isaac hits Haiti

Saturday, August 25th 2012, 17:49

Gale-force winds and driving rain are lashing Haiti as Tropical Storm Isaac crosses the Caribbean state.
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VIDEO: Tropical storm Isaac gathers pace

Saturday, August 25th 2012, 2:01
related countries: Dominica, Dominican Republic

Tropical storm Isaac has been battering the Dominican Republic and gathering strength as it moves onto its expected course to Haiti, Cuba and the Florida Keys.
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In pictures: Haiti's carnival of flowers

Monday, July 30th 2012, 9:21

Haiti's capital celebrates three-day Carnival of Flowers
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Haiti cholera 'UN responsibility'

Friday, July 20th 2012, 16:23
related countries: United States

More than 100 Democratic members of the US Congress call on the United Nations to take responsibility for introducing cholera to Haiti.
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VIDEO: Protests in Haiti against demolition

Tuesday, June 26th 2012, 19:33
related places: Port-au-Prince

More than a thousand people protested in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince against government plans to demolish hillside shantytowns.
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Protest over Haiti slum eviction

Tuesday, June 26th 2012, 1:00
related places: Port-au-Prince

Residents of hillside shanties above the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince protest against plans to clear their homes for a flood-protection project.
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Haiti approves new constitution

Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 1:34

Haiti publishes new constitution, giving some two million citizens outside the country the right to run for some public posts and own land.
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Migrant boat sinks in the Bahamas

Tuesday, June 12th 2012, 0:58
related countries: The Bahamas, United States

Police in the Bahamas say a boat carrying Haitian immigrants apparently trying to reach the United States has sunk killing at least 11 people.
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Haiti to pay benefits via mobile

Monday, May 28th 2012, 21:47

The government of Haiti announces it will use mobile phones to transfer cash benefits to mothers who make sure their children attend school.
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