Haiti

US imposes visa restrictions on three Haitian officials linked to gangs

The US State Department restricts visas for three Haitian officials accused of empowering terrorist gangs, destabilizing the country.

|ByREUTERS, TOBIAS HOLCMAN
Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council members Leslie Voltaire, January 23, 2026; illustrative.
Photo of Gavin Rivers Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Christopher Thomas, 20.

Texan men plan invasion of island off coast of Haiti with an army of DC's homeless

The men planned to invade an island off the coast of Haiti with an “army of homeless mercenaries,” murdering the men on the island, and using the women and children as sex slaves.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
A JDC emergency team, working with the local Jewish community to reach isolated regions and deliver food, water, hygiene kits, and tarps to protect homes for more than 10,000 survivors.

Largest Israeli humanitarian mission since October 7 heads to Jamaica

Aid provided by the six organizations includes a wide range of help, from providing food and water to maintaining educational centers for children unable to attend school.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
Asha Kano Kavi, an internally displaced woman from Kadugli, serves wild boiled leaves for food to orphaned children at the Bruam IDP Camp within the Sudan's People Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) controlled area in Tobo County in the Nuba Mountains, South Kordofan, Sudan June 22, 2024

UN warns of looming famine in Sudan, Gaza among numerous hotspots

UN agencies warn millions face famine in Sudan, Gaza, Yemen, and other hotspots, calling for urgent funding as global aid cuts leave emergency responses crippled.

|ByREUTERS

Haitian President Jovenel Moise assassinated

The assassination occurred around 1 a.m. when armed intruders, some of whom allegedly spoke Spanish, shot Moise in the head.

JULY 7, 2021ByREUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Haitian President Moise Jovenel speaks during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 11, 2017.

US blacklists alleged human rights abusers in Russia, Haiti, Yemen

In addition, the US State Dept. also announced sanctions against 17 officials of China, El Salvador and Jamaica, as well their immediate family members, for serious human rights violations.

DECEMBER 10, 2020ByREUTERS
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo departs a meeting with members of the U.N. Security Council about Iran's alleged non-compliance with a nuclear deal at the United Nations in New York, U.S., August 20, 2020

Haiti voodoo leaders prepare temple 'clinics' for coronavirus sufferers

Voodoo priests have appeared on television and radio shows to make clear they are not responsible for coronavirus and are ready to fight it.

MAY 25, 2020ByREUTERS
A Mambo, a voodoo priestess, dances as she takes part in a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, Haiti May 1, 2020.

Haiti hospital chief kidnapped amid coronavirus emergency

The relevant authorities are following the case, a Health Ministry spokesman said.

MARCH 28, 2020ByREUTERS
Haitian Scouts take part in COVID-19 prevention campaign in Port-au-Prince

Book review: Finding home

Edwidge Danticat’s ‘Everything Inside’ gathers moving stories about the Haitian diaspora.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019ByCOLETTE BANCROFT
HAITIAN CHILD migrants wait with their families to hand in refugee applications for Mexico, outside the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance in Tapachula, Mexico, in July.

Argentina’s envoy to Haiti glorifies Nazis, angers local Jewish groups

JUNE 3, 2019ByJTA
Hitler and Hermann Göring saluting at a 1928 Nazi Party rally in Nuremberg

The spirit of Haiti and Africa

The African Studies Gallery presents an exhibition of vodou flags.

JANUARY 24, 2019ByBARRY DAVIS
Dambalah detail - key/Erzulie Freda