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Former Haitian senator sentenced to life in prison in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in prison for conspiring to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021, which caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation

The Independent UK

Migration Keeps Breaking Records in the Americas: Key Trends and Challenges to Watch Next Year

Maritime migration, the crisis in Haiti, climate change, elections and integration efforts are the areas highlighted by the Americas Migration Brief

Latin Times

MSF Suspends Work In Haiti Hospital After Armed Gang Executes Patient

International aid group Doctors Without Borders said Thursday it was suspending work at a medical center in the Haitian capital after an armed group pulled a critically ill patient from an ambulance and shot him dead in the street.

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How a child’s death caused an Ohio city to turn on its Haitian community

A fatal school bus crash in Springfield, Ohio, has sparked a backlash to the city’s burgeoning immigrant population.

Al Jazeera

The Napoléon that Ridley Scott and Hollywood won’t let you see

Critics have been raking Ridley Scott’s new movie about Napoléon Bonaparte over the coals for its many historical inaccuracies.

The Conversation

U.S. sanctions officials from Afghanistan to China on declaration of human rights anniversary

The U.S. on Friday imposed sanctions on 20 people, from Afghanistan to China to Haiti to Iran, accused of violating human rights in their respective nations

The Independent UK

Kenyan delegation prepares for police mission in Haiti despite opposition

A delegation from Nairobi went to Haiti this week to prepare for the arrival of a multinational mission to be led by Kenyan police. However, the deployment to help the Haitian police combat gangs still needs the green light from the Kenyan High Court of Justice.

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Jowee Omicil: Spiritual Healing: Bwa Kayiman Freedom Suite review – on the brink of revolution

Saxophonist Omicil builds atmospheres then upends expectations in this free-jazz homage to Haiti’s successful 18th-century slave insurrection

The Guardian - UK

Former DEA informant pleads guilty in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s president

A former confidential informant for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has pleaded guilty to conspiring to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, whose killing in 2021 caused unprecedented turmoil in the Caribbean nation

The Independent UK

These were NPR.org's biggest international stories in 2023

Hamas' attack in Israel and the war that followed and the stalemate in Ukraine were our biggest international stories in 2023, but we also found some wonder around the world.

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Authorities in Haiti question former rebel leader Guy Philippe after the US repatriated him

An attorney for former Haitian rebel leader Guy Philippe says he is being questioned by Haitian authorities at a police station a day after the U.S. repatriated him to Haiti

The Independent UK

Coup leader Guy Philippe repatriated to Haiti as many question his next role in country in upheaval

Notorious coup leader Guy Philippe has returned to Haiti after the U.S. government repatriated him

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UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti's once peaceful central region

The U.N. says gangs are invading Haiti’s rural central region and suffocating a once peaceful area that served as the country’s food basket but that is now plagued by kidnappings, killings and rapes

The Independent UK

Booming Migrant Charter Flights To Nicaragua Prompt US Crackdown

Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft.

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Haiti Human Rights Group Suspends Operations Due To Threats Amid Growing Gang Wars

Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research said they will reduce their activities for a couple of months due to threats.

The Conversation

If Kenya wants to help Haiti, it should push for colonial reparations not send in the police

As the security situation in Haiti deteriorates, Kenya has offered to lead a new sort of UN mission to the country from 2024. In early October, the UN Security Council authorised a Multinational Security Support mission led by Kenya to confront the paramilitary-style gangs that control the capital city of…

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New York lawmaker accused of rape in lawsuit filed under state's expiring Adult Survivors Act

A state lawmaker from Brooklyn has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman early in his legislative career when he went to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts for Haiti

The Independent UK

Haitian immigrants sue Indiana over law that limits driver's license access to certain Ukrainians

A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a group of Indiana residents from Haiti who say a recently passed state law unconstitutionally discriminates against immigrants of certain nationalities

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Kenyan court blocks police mission to Haiti despite parliament's approval

The Kenyan parliament on Thursday approved the deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti to help deal with rising gang violence in the Caribbean nation – but later on the same day, the High Court upheld its stay on the process.

The Independent UK

Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police

One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many

France 24

Kenya approves police deployment mission in Haiti despite court order

In tonight's edition: Kenyan lawmakers try to sidestep court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa. Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s biggest…

The Independent UK

Kenya's high court extends a block on sending police to Haiti even as parliament approves deployment

Kenya’s high court has extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti

The Independent UK

Haitian gang leader added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for kidnapping and killing Americans

The FBI has added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation

The Independent UK

Hospital director in Haiti says a gang stormed in and took hundreds of women and children hostage

A hospital director in Haiti says a heavily armed gang burst into the facility and took hostage hundreds of women, children and newborns

The Independent UK

Math teacher who became powerful Haitian gang leader has been killed, former mayor says

A former mayor says that a powerful and feared gang leader in Haiti who was once a math and physics teacher was killed in a neighborhood within a sprawling seaside slum that he controlled for years

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