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6 days ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Overview: In the lead-up to International Midwives Day, the Haitian Midwives Association organized a mobile clinic to assist displaced women in Port-au-Prince, offering gynecological care, prenatal checkups and psychological support.
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1 week ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Overview: A year after Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council assumed governance under a rotating presidency model, confusion persists regarding the country's leadership. The rotating model, along with the absence of elections and oversight, has fueled mistrust and allegations of corruption.
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1 week ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Onz Chery |Juhakenson Blaise |Edxon Francisque
Overview: Haitians celebrated Agriculture and Labor Day with vibrant food fairs, music, and parades across Cap-Haïtien, Port-au-Prince and Ouanaminthe, highlighting cultural pride and generational exchange. CAP-HAÏTIEN — On May 1, Haitians across the country marked Agriculture and Labor Day with food fairs, parades and community gatherings that honored local traditions and highlighted the role of farming in everyday life.
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2 weeks ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Overview: The U.S. has labeled Gran Grif and Viv Ansanm as transnational terrorist organizations, freezing their assets and banning financial transactions. Gran Grif has operated in Savien since 2016, while Viv Ansanm, formed in 2023, is a gang coalition in Port-au-Prince. This comes amid escalating violence in Haiti, with over 1,600 deaths reported in early 2025, including sexual violence and kidnappings.
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3 weeks ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Cardinal Chibly Langlois will cast Haiti’s first-ever vote in a papal conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis, granting Haiti a seat at the highest decision making table of the Catholic Church.
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3 weeks ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Overview: As piles of garbage mount across Haitian cities, waste sorting has become both a survival strategy and a public health risk. While many families earn a living from collecting and selling recyclables, only 12% of the country’s daily waste is collected. The activity reveals an urgent need for systemic reform in sanitation and public health, as well as opportunities in sustainable employment and recycling.
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3 weeks ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Onz Chery |Juhakenson Blaise |Edxon Francisque |Onès Joseph
Overview: Images and videos of Good Friday celebrations in Cap-Haïtien, Fort-Liberté, Gonaïves and Port-au-Prince. The images depict Good Friday processions in Cap-Haïtien and Fort-Liberté, a mass in Port-au-Prince and a rara showdown in Gonaïves. CAP-HAÏTIEN — When worship songs started playing from the speakers during the Good Friday March, many of the thousands of worshippers on Letter A in Cap-Haïtien shut their eyes.
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3 weeks ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Overview: Three soldiers with the Haitian Armed Forces were killed in an ambush by gang members in Kenscoff during the weekend, bringing the number of officers killed by gangs in April to at least six. Gangs have increasingly targeted this fertile hillside and strategic route— connecting the Haitian capital to the Great South via Pétion-Ville— since January, leaving hundreds dead and displacing thousands.
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4 weeks ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise
Overview: On the 200th anniversary of the indemnity France forced Haiti to pay to maintain independence, efforts are growing for the European country to provide restitution. PORT-AU-PRINCE — It was around this time in April 1825 that a squadron of French battleships arrived off the coast of Haiti, demanding payment for “losses” suffered during the Haitian Revolution, or else.
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1 month ago | 
haitiantimes.com | Juhakenson Blaise |Onès Joseph |Edxon Francisque |Kervenson Martial
Overview: Officials from the Security of Protected Areas Brigade (BSAP) say they have not received details on how the Transitional Presidential Council's decision to integrate them into Haiti’s national security plan will be implemented. The resolution calls for BSAP to assist in combating armed gangs alongside the country’s security forces. While they welcome the move, it comes amid strong criticism of the brigade and ongoing concerns over its lack of transparency.
