218 Kenyan soldiers arrived in Haiti
Haití Libre January 20, 2025, Port au Prince (Hiti Libre): A Kenya Airways Boeing 787-8 carrying 218 Kenyan police/military personnel (213 men, 5 women) landed at Toussaint-Louverture International Airport.
Haiti-15th of the 2010 earthquake : «Today, we remember…»
Port au Prince (Haiti Libre): Haitian Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé pays tribute with deep emotion to the memory of the thousands of victims of the earthquake of January 12, 2010.
Fear spreads in the Haitian community as Trump approaches power
Haiti Libre Enero 8, 2025, Poirt Au Prince (Haiti Libre): Two weeks before Donald Trump’s inauguration, Haitian migrants nationwide under Temporary Protected Status (TPS) fear that one of Trump’s first actions in office will be to revoke TPS, immigration advocates say. In anticipation, they are giving instructions to Haitian migrants on what to do if Trump ends their immigration protections.
The Dominican Republic has sent back to Haiti, 276,215 Haitians (2024)
Haiti Libre January 4, 2025, Port Au Prince (Haiti Libre): In 2024, the Directorate General of Migration (DGM) returned to their country of origin 276,215 Haitians (deportation and repatriation), who were in an irregular migratory situation in the Dominican territory.
Haiti: 221st Anniversary of Independence
Port Au Prince (Haiti Libre): Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé participated in the ceremony of the 221st anniversary of Haiti’s independence, «in memory of the Founding Fathers, to the determined women and men who won freedom at the cost of immense sacrifices, making Haiti the first independent black State.»
Haiti: The first phase of the Dominican border wall is 84% complete
Port au Prince (Haiti Libre): The first phase of the border wall with Haiti that the Dominican Republic is building in the neighboring provinces of Montecristi, Dajabón, Elías Piña, Independencia and Pedernales is 84% complete and its delivery is scheduled for February 2025, reported the Minister of the Presidency, José Ignacio Paliza during a tour with the Commander General of the Dominican Army, Major General Carlos Antonio Fernández Onofre, to see the progress of the work carried out at a cost of 32 million dollars of the planned 39.5 million (excluding technological equipment).
Towards a CELAC Summit on Haiti bringing together 33 countries
Haiti Libre Decembar 2, 2024, Port au Price (Haiti Libre): The President of the Republic of Honduras, Xiomara Castro, announced that she would convene a summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) to seek an urgent and solidarity-based solution to the crisis in Haiti.
The World Council of Churches calls for prayer for the Haitian people
Port au Prince (Haiti Libre): The Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) called all member churches to prayer and Christian solidarity with the people of Haiti.
Haiti: More than 100 bandits killed in 3 days
Port au Prince (Haiti Libre): At least 108 gang members have been killed in Haiti in three days, reports the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH), a figure that constitutes the latest assessment of the recent upsurge in violence in Haiti, where armed gangs have stepped up attacks and attempted Tuesday to invade one of the capital’s upscale neighborhoods, Pétion-Ville.
Haiti: Humanitarian flights resume
Port au Prince (Haiti Libre): The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) has resolved regulatory issues and will resume flights on Wednesday, November 20. UNHAS provides passenger and light cargo transportation in Haiti for the entire humanitarian community, including local and international NGOs and UN entities.
