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People make their way through the rubble in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in January.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2024
Haiti’s hospitals survived cholera and COVID. Gangs are closing them.
Many hospitals in Haiti’s capital have been looted by gangs or abandoned by their staffs amid the violence.
Haiti has been convulsed for the last two weeks by a gang uprising, with the well-armed groups aiming to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
WORLD
Mar 17, 2024
U.S. announces plan to evacuate citizens stranded in Haiti
Haiti has been convulsed for the last two weeks by a gang uprising, with the well-armed groups aiming to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
An armed soldier stands guard next to a sign prohibiting the use of weapons outside the military headquarters as Haiti continues in a state of emergency, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 6.
WORLD / Society
Mar 11, 2024
Violence in Haiti puts focus on how to unravel gangs' grip on power
Armed gangs have profited from collusion, negligence and chaos since the 2021 assassination of former Haitian President Jovenel Moise.
Charred vehicles amid escalating gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Saturday
WORLD
Mar 10, 2024
Haiti capital a 'city under siege' amid spasm of gang violence
Criminal groups already control much of Port-au-Prince as well as roads leading to the rest of the Western hemisphere's poorest country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2022
As Haiti investigation stalls, U.S. probes president's killing
Congress earlier this month ordered the U.S. State Department to produce a report about the assassination, which deepened a political power vacuum in the impoverished country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 13, 2021
Haiti’s leader kept a list of drug traffickers. His assassins came for it.
In the months before his murder, President Jovenel Mou00efse took a number of steps to fight drug and arms smugglers. Some officials now fear he was killed for it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2021
Haitians voice anger over slow pace of quake aid
Residents in the worst-affected city of Les Cayes, including those camped in a mushrooming tent city, complained of scant help on the ground.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2021
Haiti quake survivors cry for help as death toll nears 2,000
Political turmoil, quake-damaged hospitals, gangs and a tropical storm all conspire to hinder relief efforts.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2021
Storm brings floods as Haitians seek help at overloaded hospitals after quake
Doctors battled in makeshift tents to save the lives of hundreds of victims outside hospitals overwhelmed by an earthquake that killed at least 1,419 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2021
Rescuers race to find Haiti quake survivors as death toll hits 1,297
The 7.2 magnitude quake on Saturday destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in a Caribbean nation which is still clawing its way back from another major temblor 11 years ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2021
As turmoil deepens, Haitians fear democracy is slipping away
Haiti emerged from a brutal dictatorship 35 years ago. Now, many Haitians fear a return to autocracy as President Jovenel Moise has been steadily amassing power.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2020
A decade after U.N.-linked cholera outbreak, Haitians demand justice
In the middle of a coronavirus pandemic, it is another, more deadly disease that keeps 20-year-old Haitian Loubean Jean up at night — cholera.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 2, 2019
Taiwan's Tsai Ing-wen to make stopovers in U.S. before and after Caribbean visit, riling China
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will spend four nights in the United States in July while visiting Caribbean diplomatic allies, her government said on Monday, angering China, which urged Washington not to allow her to visit.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2019
Americans among group arrested in Haiti with arsenal, drones and satellite phones: media
Haitian police arrested a group of foreign nationals, including Americans, armed with semi-automatic weapons, Haitian newspapers reported on Monday, adding to uncertainty in the poor Caribbean country after more than a week of anti-government protests.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 15, 2018
Biodiversity wins, even when all seems lost
Tiny frogs and lizards surviving in Haiti's last splinters of forest show that even the most devastated areas can be redeemed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 7, 2018
At least 11 people killed after powerful earthquake rocks northern Haiti
An earthquake hit northern Haiti late Saturday, killing at least 11 people and sparking an overnight scramble to help towns in the impoverished Caribbean country battered by the shockwave.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 13, 2018
Oxfam deputy chief quits as sex scandal linked to Haiti and Chad staff widens
The deputy head of Oxfam resigned on Monday over what she said was the British charity's failure to adequately respond to past allegations of sexual misconduct by some of its staff in Haiti and Chad.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 15, 2018
Trump says 'I'm not a racist,' leaves window open for DACA deal
U.S. President Donald Trump insisted on Sunday "I'm not a racist" in response to reports that he had described immigrants from Haiti and African countries as coming from "sh-thole countries."
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2017
Halilhodzic warns Japan to shape up before Brazil, Belgium tests
National team manager Vahid Halilhodzic branded Japan's 3-3 draw with Haiti on Tuesday "the worst match I have seen" and warned his players to shape up or be humiliated in next month's friendlies against Brazil and Belgium.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 10, 2017
Shinji Kagawa's injury-time goal gives Japan draw with Haiti
Shinji Kagawa scored deep into injury time to save Japan from an embarrassing defeat in a 3-3 friendly draw with minnow Haiti on Tuesday night.

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