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UN Expresses Concern As Chaos Continues In Haiti

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 09 Mar 2024 19:40:00 +0000

UN Expresses Concern As Chaos Continues In Haiti The UN remains deeply concerned by the rapidly deteriorating security situation amid ongoing gang violence and police clashes in some parts of the capital Port-au-Prince, its Spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, has said. Dujarric, in a statement on Friday, said Haitian National Police had been able to push back […]

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Former Haiti Senator Arrested In Jamaica Over President’s Murder

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 16 Jan 2022 12:21:33 +0000

Former Haiti Senator Arrested In Jamaica Over President’s Murder A former Haitian lawmaker who is a suspect in the assassination of the country’s president has been arrested in Jamaica, Jamaican authorities said Saturday. Ex-senator Jean Joel Joseph, wanted in the July 7, 2021, killing of president Jovenel Moise, was arrested Friday evening, the Jamaica Constabulary […]

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At Least 62 Killed In Haiti Gas Truck Explosion

Kazeem Tunde — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:09:51 +0000

At Least 62 Killed In Haiti Gas Truck Explosion By AFP At least 62 people were killed when a gas tanker truck exploded in the Haitian city of Cap-Haitien on Tuesday morning, a local official said, with overwhelmed medics saying the toll was set to rise. The blast is the latest disaster to hit the poverty-wracked […]

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US Envoy To Haiti Resigns, Slams Haitian Migrant Deportations

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 23 Sep 2021 17:44:23 +0000

US Envoy To Haiti Resigns, Slams Haitian Migrant Deportations By AFP The US special envoy to Haiti resigned Thursday two months after his appointment, denouncing the Biden administration’s deportation of Haitian migrants from the US-Mexico border back to their home country. “I will not be associated with the United States inhumane, counterproductive decision to deport thousands […]

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Strong 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Haiti

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 14 Aug 2021 17:39:49 +0000

Strong 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Haiti A 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday, the United States Geological Survey said, prompting a tsunami alert and damaging buildings in the west of the disaster-plagued Caribbean nation. The epicenter of the quake was about 100 miles (160 kilometers) by road from central Port-au-Prince, the densely populated capital. […]

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Haiti Seeks Judge To Probe President’s Assassination

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 07 Aug 2021 19:48:11 +0000

Haiti Seeks Judge To Probe President’s Assassination Haiti’s justice system is still struggling to find a judge willing to investigate the assassination of President Jovenel Moise a full month after he died, as magistrates fear for their lives if they take on the murky and explosive case. “It is a sensitive, political dossier. Before agreeing […]

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Wounded Wife Of Assassinated Haitian Leader Speaks Out

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 21:18:58 +0000

Wounded Wife Of Assassinated Haitian Leader Speaks Out By AFP The widow of slain Haitian leader Jovenel Moise, who was critically wounded in the attack that claimed his life, on Saturday issued her first public remarks since the assault, calling on the nation not to “lose its way.” “I am alive, thanks to God,” Martine Moise […]

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Haiti Requests Foreign Troops After President’s Assassination

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 09:49:44 +0000

Haiti Requests Foreign Troops After President’s Assassination Haiti has asked for foreign troops to be sent to the country to protect key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. The request was sent by the government to the US and the UN, but the US says it has no plans to offer military […]

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15 Colombians, 2 Haitian Americans Arrested Over Assassination Of Haitian President

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 09 Jul 2021 11:28:11 +0000

15 Colombians, 2 Haitian Americans Arrested Over Assassination Of Haitian President Haitian police arrested 15 Colombians and two Haitian Americans suspected in connection with the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise, officials announced late Thursday. At least 28 people participated in the murder of the Haitian president including 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, said […]

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Haiti President Jovenel Moise Assassinated

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 07 Jul 2021 14:16:18 +0000

Haiti President Jovenel Moise Assassinated From AFP Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in an attack at their home, the interim prime minister announced an act that risks further destabilizing the Caribbean nation beset by gang violence and political volatility. Claude Joseph said he was now in charge […]

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