The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

The National Hurricane Center called the forecast extremely uncertain with significant changes possible

Tropical Storm Melissa has formed in the Caribbean Sea

The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on the former head of Haitian presidential security when the leader of the Caribbean nation was assassinated and the head of a Haitian gang

Haitian children are increasingly getting caught in the crossfire as more are recruited into gangs dominating large swaths of the country, according to a UN official

Haiti has been plagued by worsening gang violence since the 2021 assassination of its then-President Jovenel Moïse and armed gangs control most of the capital Port-au-Prince.

Doctors Without Borders says that ongoing violence in Haiti has forced it to permanently close its emergency care center in Port-au-Prince

Every Oct. 17, Haiti celebrates Dessalines Day, commemorating the assassination in 1806 of the country’s first head of state postindependence, Jean-Jacques Dessalines.

Justice officials in Haiti are asking the U.S. and Canada for help after a court of appeals ordered a new investigation into the killing of President Jovenel Moïse, the third one of its kind since he was killed in July 2021

Haiti’s government has pledged to respond quickly to growing hunger in the troubled Caribbean country as a new report warns that more than half the population is experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse

No injuries or deaths have been confirmed, but the incident underscores Haiti’s fragile security situation. Armed groups still control up to 90% of the capital, despite recent efforts to reclaim key areas from gang coalitions such as Viv Ansanm.

Oct. 3-9, 2025