Abigaïl Alexandre, lauréate d’Eloquentia
La 9e finale internationale du concours Eloquentia s’est tenue le 25 mars 2026 à La Seine Musicale, à Paris. À cette occasion, Abigaïl Alexandre, 21 ans, a marqué l’histoire en devenant la première Haïtienne à remporter cette compétition dédiée à l’art oratoire dans l’espace francophone.
US offers $3 million reward, possible relocation, for information on finances of Haiti gangs
The U.S. on Wednesday offered a reward of up to $3 million and possible relocation in exchange for information on the financial activities of Haiti's Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif criminal groups.
Washington has designated both groups, which bring together hundreds of gangs in the capital Port-au-Prince, agricultural Artibonite region and central Haiti, as terrorist organizations.
The U.S. announcement marks a shift in tactics; previous bounties have been focused on individual gang leaders.
Haïti : plus de 5 500 morts en dix mois selon l’ONU, qui alerte sur les « niveaux alarmants de violence des gangs » (Rapport)
Les violences perpétrées par les gangs et les attaques visant ces derniers en Haïti ont fait plus de 5 500 morts entre mars 2025 et mi-janvier, indique un nouveau rapport du Haut-Commissariat de l’ONU aux droits de l’homme publié mardi. « Haïti continue de faire face à des niveaux alarmants de violence des gangs, qui compromettent l’exercice des droits humains » annonce ce rapport, qui insiste aussi sur des « violences meurtrières » ayant impliqué forces de sécurité, sociétés de sécurité privées et groupes d’autodéfense.
Haitian gangs expand reach as police are accused of ‘summary executions’ (Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
Deadly gangs in Haiti are expanding their reach to include control over key sea and road routes as police in the beleaguered Caribbean island nation are being accused of using “unnecessary and disproportionate lethal force and summary executions.”
At least 26 gangs operate in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas with “alarming levels of violence.”
Some 1.4 million people have been forced to flee their homes and thousands more have died.
Key suspects in Moïse killing were never questioned by U.S. authorities, defense argues
Haitian authorities have asked U.S. officials to take custody of a central figure in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, but he remains in Haiti, where he has neither been charged by the U.S. Justice Department nor interviewed by federal agents.
The revelation about Joseph Félix Badio, a former official in Haiti’s anti-corruption unit who was fired months before the brazen killing, emerged Monday during the cross-examination of an FBI official who served as a case agent.