Soup, cassava, now konpa: Haitian music makes UNESCO ‘cultural heritage’ list
on Wednesday, both the sound known as konpa or konpa direk — and the country where the rhythm was born 70 years ago — got some good news: The music was inscribed in UNESCO’s coveted list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Reconnaissance historique pour Haïti : le konpa inscrit officiellement au patrimoine immatériel de l’humanité de l’UNESCO
Ce mercredi 10 décembre, le konpa, genre musical et danse emblématiques d’Haïti, a officiellement rejoint la liste du patrimoine culturel immatériel de l’humanité de l’UNESCO. Retour sur un genre musical incontournable et international.
En Haïti, l’Église appelle à la responsabilité nationale
Les évêques concluent leur message en lançant un appelà «un leadership nouveau, basé sur la probité, le service et le refus de la corruption», ainsi qu’à «la reconstruction d’institutions démocratiques solides».
Haiti secures major troop offers for new anti-gang fighting force
Haiti’s new Gang Suppression Force appears poised to meet its ambitious target of 5,500 troops, after a number of nations, including Chad and Bangladesh, offered to deploy soldiers, engineers and police offices to help the country’s beleaguered security forces combat armed gangs.
Kenyan police arrive in Haiti in first deployment since UN expands mandate
A new contingent of 230 Kenyan police arrived in Haiti on Monday, Haiti's national police said, marking the first foreign deployment since the U.N. Security Council approved expanding an existing gang-fighting force in the Caribbean island.
This marks the first deployment since the last time the force was bolstered in February this year, force spokesperson Jack Ombaka told Reuters, adding it now numbered 980 personnel.