Haiti

The international jazz festival in Port-au-Prince, which is usually held in late January, has been postponed indefinitely due to months of gang violence in the Haitian capital, according to event organizers. Milena Sandler, head of the...

In violence-stricken Haiti, the number of children and women abducted for ransom in the first eight months of 2021 has already surpassed last year’s total, UNICEF warned. “Nowhere is safe for children in Haiti anymore,” said...

One month after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake jolted southwest Haiti, an estimated 650,000 people, including 260,000 children, still need urgent humanitarian assistance, UNICEF warned. “Children in Haiti are still struggling to come to terms with the...

According to UNICEF, over 540,000 children in the southwest of earthquake-stricken Haiti are now at risk of contracting waterborne infections. Acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal illnesses, cholera, and malaria are all on the rise in southern Haiti,...

In response to the powerful earthquake that struck Haiti last week, the first UNICEF shipment of 9.7 tonnes of medical and water and hygiene supplies has arrived in Port Au Prince. Other flights containing 30 metric...

Preliminary assessments conducted on Tuesday by UNICEF and Haitian officials in one of the three departments hardest hit by Saturday’s earthquake, followed by Tropical Depression Grace on Monday, revealed extensive destruction to schools, just weeks before...

The death toll from Haiti’s terrible earthquake on August 14 has risen to 2,189, according to Haiti’s civil protection agency, which also revealed that over 12,260 people were injured in the natural disaster. Over 100,000 structures...

UNICEF estimates that about 1.2 million people, including 540,000 children, have been affected by the powerful earthquake that hit Haiti on Saturday. The hardest hit departments of South, Nippes and Grand’Anse are now being drenched by...

Officials in Haiti have verified that at least 724 people have died as a result of Saturday’s strong 7.2-magnitude earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation. Rescuers are sifting through the rubble in the hope of finding...

According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), a 7.2 magnitude earthquake rocked Haiti on Saturday. The agency issued a “red alert” for fatalities, stating that “significant casualties are anticipated” and that the “disaster is likely...