Articles and image gallery from the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti
Haiti has suffered one catastrophe after another (HECTOR RETAMAL/AFP/Getty Images) NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Saturday, April 22, 2017, 4:10 AM When an earthquake devastated Haiti on Jan. 12, 2010, killing a quarter million people, the United States channeled its better angels and let 50,000 Haitian nationals residing here stay until the catastrophe on the...
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The Dr. Louis G. Lamothe Foundation (FLGL) and Digicel’s RE-Volt company install a solar kit in some fifty households in Panyol (Kenscoff). Energy is the fourth priority of action put forward by the Panyol actors on the road to the social transformation of the community. People do not have access to electricity to get...
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An investigation by the AP revealed that 134 Sri Lankan peacekeepers sexually abused nine Haitian youths in a sex ring spanning three years. (Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images) Following the overthrow of Haitian President Bertrand Aristide in February 2004, the United Nations deployed nearly 900 “peacekeepers” to the tiny island nation in hopes of...
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Residents fill their containers at a water capture and distribution project point in a town an hour outside of Port au Prince, Haiti. Photo: Logan Abassi/MINUSTAH 17 April 2017 – Historically, the people in the Madan Mak and Loncy areas of the Lascahobas Commune have always had serious problems with access to safe drinking...
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U.N. peacekeepers from Brazil patrol the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in February. (Dieu Nalio Chery / Associated Press) Ann M. SimmonsContact Reporter The United Nations’ recent announcement that it would end its peacekeeping mission in Haiti in mid-October, removing its soldiers and leaving a smaller contingent of police, has been met with...
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Miami Herald Editorial Board Change is coming at Haiti and its people at a furious pace: Thursday, the U.N. Security Council voted to end its 13-year peacekeeping operation there. Haiti has a new president, its third democratically elected leader since 2006. The United States has a new president, too, which could affect policy. But...
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Post Gazette By the Editorial Board The unanimous decision Thursday by the U.N. Security Council to withdraw the U.N. peacekeeping force from Haiti is probably overdue and should be welcomed by the United Nations, by Haiti and by the United States as a large contributor to peacekeeping costs. The U.N. forces, in Haiti since...
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MICHAEL COLLINS, April I shouldn’t be stunned, surprised, or even disappointed at the incredibly stupid things those supposedly in control said about MINUSTAH’s departure. There should be no surprise when fools like this maneuver the world into situations where which millions die. Most situations would actually resolve themselves more efficiently with no one at...
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Atlanta Black Star.com UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Tuesday, April 11, that U.N. peacekeeping has made “a great contribution” to Haiti and the Security Council’s expected vote to withdraw all troops from the Caribbean nation by mid-October is an example of how peacekeeping missions should change as a country’s political...
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Here are key findings on AP’s investigation into in the U.N.’s peacekeeping crisis: 1. The AP reviewed 12 years of UN data on sexual misconduct and exploitation, and found an estimated 2,000 allegations against peacekeepers and personnel – signaling the crisis is much larger than previously known. 2. More than...
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A U.N. peacekeeper opens a gate Aug. 15 at the U.N. base in the Cite Soleil slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. According to an AP investigation, some 150 allegations of abuse and exploitation were reported in Haiti between 2004 and 2016. The allegations involved U.N. peacekeepers and other personnel. Dieu Nalio Chery/The Associated Press Posted:...
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Madam President, I would like to express my gratitude to the United States Presidency of the Security Council, for convening today’s session on Haiti. Je saisis l’opportunité pour saluer la présence du Représentant permanent d’Haïti. Me gustaría agradecer, de manera particular, a todos los países que contribuyen tropas y personal policial a la MINUSTAH...
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FILE – Children play in the street while United Nations peacekeepers from Brazil patrol in the Cite Soleil slum, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2017. UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday to close a13-year-long peacekeeping mission in Haiti this year and replace it with a smaller...
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News Irish News 1 Garda Sergeant Ann Byrne Cathal McMahon April 12 2017 3:05 AM When a devastating earthquake struck the island of Haiti in 2010 most Irish people followed the shocking reports closely in the news, some even donated to the charities working in the area. But one garda sergeant decided that she...
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Sun Staff Wade Bruns, board member of the International Farmers Organization for Sustainable Development and Valley City area farmer, spoke to the Jamestown Rotary Club at its recent meeting. This organization is a 501(c)(3) organization started by farmers in the Northwood, N.D., area to provide training for farmers in Haiti. It was started with...
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By: David McFadden – @inquirerdotnet Associated Press / 12:44 PM April 06, 2017 In this photo, taken March 29, 2017, Loubert Gouin moves a broken coffin containing the remains of an exhumed corpse, at an old grave in the national cemetery in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Cemetery workers say they generally dump the bones in a...
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Despite the many efforts of the Haitian government to reduce tuberculosis, including free patient care in 256 specialized centers financed by the State Treasury. In 2016 there were 212 cases per 100,000 inhabitants (Source: UNDP), and in 2016 there were 194 out of 100,000, Haiti remains the country with the highest incidence in the...
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Amelie BARON AFP News2 April 2017 Hurricane Matthew slammed into Jeremie and then killed more than 700 people and caused some $2.8 billion in damage as it trailed across Haiti in October, 2016 Crouching beside the makeshift shelter shared with his parents and five siblings, Fanfan Edouard slowly sharpens his machete. But there’s no...
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Reports of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers include Haiti, CAR, DRC and South Sudan Number of reported cases worldwide has risen since 2015 Abusers to be “held criminally responsible” – Saunders “It’s an absolute joke. The UN has been saying this since 1948: zero tolerance.” – Dantò 1946 Convention on Privileges and Immunities being...
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In October 2010, United Nations Peacekeepers from Nepal infected Haiti’s most significant river system with cholera, inciting the first cholera outbreak in the country in over a century. So far, the epidemic has taken over 10,000 lives, and some estimate that the disease has infected up to 800,000 people. Those who caused the outbreak—and covered...
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