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Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

Hundreds of people gathered in a steamy church in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday to mourn Jude Monteith, a mission director killed by gang members who also shot and killed an American couple with whom he was working. Wailing echoed through the packed church and tears streamed down Monteith’s wife’s face during the early morning service, […]

Haitian migrant, Kenol Baptiste, fatally stabs two roommates in Middletown, NY apartment

A Haitian immigrant allegedly killed two of his roommates at a Hudson Valley apartment complex while awaiting a federal deportation hearing. Kenol Baptiste, 30, was charged Monday with stabbing two men in and around an apartment complex in Middletown, New York. Police arrived at Ruth Court’s apartment after receiving a report of a stabbing. Officers […]

Haitian Gangs Loot National Library, Historic Documents at Risk

Gangs rampaging across Haiti ransacked the National Library in the capital, Port-au-Prince, on Wednesday. Library director D’Angelo Niard said the library houses some valuable documents and that Haiti’s history is at risk due to gang attacks. “Our documentary collection is at risk. We have valuable documents that are more than 200 years old, important to […]

Haitian gangs loot national library

In a new escalation of violence in Haiti this week, armed groups have reportedly looted the country’s national library in the capital Port-au-Prince. The library’s director, D’Angelo Niard, told AFP that Haiti’s “documentary collection is at risk.” “We have valuable documents that are over 200 years old and are important to our heritage, but they […]

Security concerns complicate council’s appointment of interim Haitian leader

The establishment of a council tasked with selecting a temporary replacement for outgoing Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been hampered by serious security concerns. On Sunday, one member of the nine-member council resigned after receiving death threats, leaving organizers scrambling to find her replacement. Haiti has been experiencing large-scale sociopolitical unrest since the assassination […]