Chad to gradually replace Kenyan force in Haiti through October, Dominican Republic says
The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force - an international mobilisation intended to help Haiti's police fight powerful armed gangs in the Caribbean country - should fully deploy by October this year, Roberto Alvarez, foreign minister of the neighbouring Dominican Republic, said on Tuesday.
Alvarez, who spoke after a meeting with US embassy officials, said new troops from Chad are now being trained in the United States, and the Kenyan police who deployed to Haiti under an earlier model of the force should withdraw gradually.
La Cour suprême examinera les protections juridiques des migrants d’Haïti et de Syrie
La Cour suprême examinera les arguments relatifs à la volonté de l'administration Trump de mettre fin aux protections juridiques accordées aux personnes fuyant la guerre et les catastrophes naturelles dans divers pays du monde, notamment Haïti et la Syrie.
Les juges ont refusé lundi de lever immédiatement ces protections pour des centaines de milliers de personnes, leur permettant ainsi de vivre et de travailler légalement aux États-Unis pour l'instant.
La Cour devrait examiner l'affaire le mois prochain.
Haiti backing affirmed as oil spike adds to woes
IDB Group President Ilan Goldfajn said the development bank is ready to help the most vulnerable countries in the region as they grapple with the fallout from rising oil prices—and Haiti is first in line.
The Inter-American Development Bank, the IDB Group’s public-sector lending arm, approved a two-year concessional program for $283 million last November to aid the crisis-riven country, the hemisphere’s poorest, and there may be more to come.
A record number of political parties register for Haiti’s first election in a decade
A record 280 political parties and counting had registered by Thursday’s deadline to participate in Haiti’s first general election in a decade, although not all will make the cut.
Nonetheless, the newcomers rejoiced, hopeful for a chance to help ease their country’s multiple crises that are largely rooted in gang violence and corruption.
Forensic expert: Haiti president was shot a dozen times, died from bullet to the heart
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse died from a gunshot to the heart after his body had already been riddled with bullets during the brazen July 7, 2021, attack on his home, Haiti’s top forensic expert testified Thursday in Miami federal court.