Haiti

Haitians who were detained hold up their immigration status documents to prove they have work permits, in Haina, Dominican Republic, March 16, 2024.
Conflict & Justice
‘We have different cultures, but we share the same island’: Dominican Republic priest says his country should do more to help Haiti
Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry attends a public lecture at the United States International University in Nairobi, Kenya, March 1, 2024.
US pledges support for security leading to Haiti elections as prime minister resigns
Haiti's annual PapJazz Festival brings together local and international audiences for rich and diverse musical experiences.
Arts, Culture & Media
‘It’s an act of resistance’: Haiti’s jazz festival opens in Port-au-Prince despite security challenges
Nathalie Vilgrain, sixth from left, is the head of Marijàn, a feminist organization in Port-Au-Prince that is sheltering about 150 women who have been displaced by sexual violence.
Sexual violence
In Haiti, sexual violence is devastating women and girls
A photo showing the back side of a group of people walking in the heat on a desolate road
Migration
‘It’s really hard here’: Migrants heading north from Latin America face barriers at the US-Mexico border
Supporters of slain Haitian President Jovenel Moïse protest to demand justice in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Justice
Haitians face a ‘very dire climate’ one year after Moïse’s assassination, journalist says
Ginette Derelus is a cook at Manjay Restaurant at The Citadel near Little Haiti, Miami. Duolingo partnered with Haitian restaurants to promote the new language course. Derelus, a Haitian Bahamian, says she and her Haitian husband teach their three childre
On Course
A love letter to Haitian Creole: ‘Kreyòl pale, Kreyòl konprann’
A broadcast studio at Radio Haiti
Media
Radio Haiti finds a new home with a trilingual archive at Duke University
Rodney Montreuil grew up in Cap-Haitien, Haiti and has lived in Phoenix for the last two decades.
Migration
This Haitian schoolteacher helps new arrivals from Haiti resettle in Arizona
Residents stand amid their homes damaged by a gasoline truck that overturned and exploded in Cap-Haitien, Haiti
Justice
‘Haitians deserve a chance to determine their own future,’ former US envoy says
Protestors clash with riot police during a demonstration against the reinforced measures of the Belgium government to counter the latest spike of the coronavirus in Brussels, Belgium
Top of The World
Europe sees widespread protests against COVID-19 restrictions
Migrants from the Middle East and elsewhere rest on the ground as they gather at the Belarus-Poland border near Grodno, Belarus
Top of The World
Polish border police push back migrants at Belarus border
In Pestel, Haiti, on the country's southern peninsula, Jean-Robert Leger, left, brings in a boat that is a bit smaller than the one he has attempted in to sail to the United States, along with many other migrants aboard.
Migration
Haitians deported from the US face a stark reality back home. Some are making plans to migrate again.
A man balances his motorbike tank on his head as he waits outside a gas station in hopes of filling his tank, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Oct. 23, 2021. The ongoing fuel shortage has worsened, with demonstrators blocking roads and burning tires in Haiti'
Conflict & Justice
Haiti’s rival gangs hold a firm grip on fuel supply, testing life at every level
People wade past a flooded area in Dipayal Silgadhi, Nepal.
Top of The World
Flooding and mudslides kill about 200 people in Nepal
A Haitian vendor
Migration
Thousands of Haitians trying to reach the US are in limbo in Tapachula in southern Mexico
Police in camouflage stand amid a crowd protesting against the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse
Conflict
Haitians’ voices need to be heard in country’s rebuilding, former Amb Pamela White says
Haiti's President Jovenel Moise speaks during an interview at his home in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Obituary
Official: Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
A young migrant shows off his red "Haiti" cap in Tijuana.
Migration
Haitian asylum-seekers face discrimination in Tijuana migrant camp
Two Haitians protest with a pink sign against UN peacekeeping mission that caused a massive cholera epidemic.
Global Politics
10 years on, UN officials reflect on Haiti cholera epidemic caused by peacekeeping mission
Two people are pictured from behind overlooking a scene of devastation
Natural disasters
10 years later, Haiti earthquake survivor reflects on broken promises and resilience
A man on a horse wears a black and red colonial-era costume. Behind him is smoke from a fire.
Haiti protests summon spirit of the Haitian Revolution to condemn a president tainted by scandal
A woman is shown walking down a cement staircase in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Immigration
A family split between the US and Haiti dreads looming loss of legal status
Women in green and yellow costumes dance
With no Carnival, Haiti’s musicians lose more than their stage
A close-up of a jar of pikliz.
Pikliz, a spicy Haitian condiment, gets a lot of love in South Florida’s food scene
an abandoned outdoor theater in haiti
Arts, Culture & Media
Devastated by earthquake, Haiti’s theater scene rebuilds with new purpose
informal food stalls in haiti
Food
In food-insecure Haiti, street vendors play a central role in feeding the capital
woman selling eggs
Economics
Haiti has a chicken-and-egg problem
Hazel Bethel is a Manischewitz wine devotee. She's originally from Trinidad and was introduced to the wine by friends who worked in Jewish homes in New York.
Food
Is that Manischewitz? The Kosher wine is a hit in some Caribbean communities.
Women wear costumes as they take part in Carnaval in Jacmel, Haiti. The similarity between Carnaval and Mardi Gras in New Orleans is just one connection the two places share.
Arts
New Orleans and Haiti are linked by culture, food and history
Haiti
Conflict
Here are the real lessons from flawed responses to Haiti’s disasters
Hillary Clinton's campaign office in Little Haiti
Global Politics
Clinton’s complicated history in Haiti has some voters saying, why vote at all?
The waiting line at El Huacal, the government building in Santo Domingo where undocumented Haitians (and Dominicans of Haitian descent) have come to "regularize" their status.
Global Politics
Haitians who consider the Dominican Republic their home are threatened with expulsion
Haitian author Dimitry Elias Léger.
Books
His topic: A president, the first lady, her lover — and an earthquake
Earthquake survivor Krishna Kumari Khadka is rescued from a collapsed building in Kathmandu by French, Israeli and Norwegian rescue teams six days after the April 25, 2015 earthquake in Nepal.
Development
Five things the international community shouldn’t do after a disaster
Survivors of Haiti's earthquake play basketball in front of a pile of debris of the justice palace in Port-au-Prince.
Sports
For hard-luck Haiti, a new challenge: Basketball
Marie Conce Moreau with her son outside their home in Village la Difference. Moreau took a job at the nearby industrial park when her husband lost his job. They also make ends meet by donning the blue and red aprons to sell phone cards.
Development
‘Women aren’t a broom to be left in the corner’
A Haitian city, juxtaposed with a billboard featuring the Statue of Liberty
Development
From the blood and dust of Haiti’s quake, a bond
The founding partners of Haiti's Myabèl restaurant
Development
How this Haitian-American woman is rebuilding Haiti, one cocktail at a time
A 5th grade class at the Matenwa Community School in Haiti
Education
This village school in Haiti helped propel a national movement to teach kids in Creole
Natasha, a paramedic in Haiti's first-ever ambulance serivce, gives cholera patient an IV drip in her ambulance.
Medicine
Emergency medical care is a rare but fragile sign of progress in Haiti
The rubble these days in Port au Prince isn't just destruction. Construction projects are underway all around the Haitian capital as well.
Development
Haiti’s future may be brighter than you think
A United Nations peacekeeper stands guard are Haitians gather to see U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visit the village of Los Palmas.
Conflict
Haitian moms demand UN help for the babies their peacekeepers left behind
Environment
Haitians face uncertain future as US suspends special immigration status
Environment
Evacuations in Haiti under way
Health & Medicine
Can cholera in Haiti be controlled?
Conflict & Justice
Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat looks to ‘Create Dangerously’
Haiti Direct
Arts, Culture & Media
‘Haiti Direct’ is a new collection of dance tunes from the golden age
Dominican students
Global Politics
Dominicans argue over a court ruling that strips citizenship from many born in the country
Betzeida Perez Pierre was born in the Dominican Republic, as were her parents and their parents. Now she can't attend university because her Dominican citizenship has been canceled.
Conflict & Justice
What happens when your government tells you you’re no longer a citizen?
The elegant lobby at the El Rancho is open to the air.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Does Haiti really need luxury hotels?
Eglise de Dieu, a church in Harlem, has a congregation of around 200 people, most of whom have roots in Haiti. Songs alternate between English and Haitian Creole, with Creole lyrics projected.
Conflict & Justice
Here’s why a court ruling in the Dominican Republic is spurring international protests
Leguisie Louis (L), a farmer, was born in Haiti but moved to the Dominican Republic in 1959. He's seen here walking with his granddaughter, Maxileidy. A  court ruling retroactively denies Dominican nationality to anyone born after 1929 who does not have a
Conflict & Justice
There’s a long story behind ‘anti-Haitianismo’ in the Dominican Republic
Chasing Chaos - Jessica Alexander's new memoir -  offers an insider's look at the contradictions of relief work.
Development & Education
A novice humanitarian aid worker confronts mayhem in the field
Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes.
Development & Education
TOMS Shoes rethinks its ‘buy one, give one’ model of helping the needy
Development & Education
Some Haitians left waiting for family-based visas to come to U.S.
Carmine Pierre calls her 11-year-old son Marc Kelly in Haiti. She hasn't seen him since he was five. (Photo: Amy Bracken)
Conflict & Justice
Why Some Haitians Are Still Waiting on Family-based Visas to Come to the US
Development & Education
Haitian teen makes most of opportunity provided by earthquake
Haiti on brink of becoming latest member of African Union
Health & Medicine
Medical volunteers learn from mistakes made in rush to Haiti