Category Archives: Haitian News

Haiti needs at least 1,000 more nurses and supplies of all basic equipment as it battles a cholera epidemic, the UN’s top humanitarian figure says.

Clashes between political factions left two dead in Haiti as growing violence and a raging cholera epidemic raised fears Wednesday of wider unrest ahead of key post-quake elections.

Battered, beleaguered Haiti holds presidential elections Sunday, nearly a year after its capital was devastated by an earthquake and amid a fast-spreading cholera epidemic. But many Haitians have little interest in this key election and little hope that any of … Continue reading →

Haiti needs a surge of foreign nurses and doctors to stem deaths from a raging cholera epidemic that an international aid operation is struggling to control, the United Nations’ top humanitarian official said.

Armed Haitian police kept apart boisterous supporters of rival presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince on Thursday as the earthquake-hit Caribbean country heads for turbulent elections this weekend in the grip of a cholera epidemic.

Protests and campaign rallies clogged parts of Haiti’s capital on Thursday as the earthquake-battered Caribbean country headed for turbulent elections set for Sunday amid a rampant cholera epidemic.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI — Yolette Pierre says thank you, America. She points to the plastic over her head, to a gray sack on the dirt floor, to a bucket in the corner. Thank you for the tarp. Thank you for the … Continue reading →

Clashes between political factions left two dead in Haiti as growing violence and a raging cholera epidemic raised fears of wider unrest ahead of key post-quake elections.

The cholera epidemic in Haiti is spreading much faster than predicted, the UN says, and could cause 200,000 cases in the next three months.

Authorities in Haiti must overcome a plethora of logistical challenges to make sure this month’s presidential vote is free and fair. But can they pull it off?