Haiti

As the world observes Global Orphan Week attention is being drawn to Haiti, whose population of 9 million has a staggering 370,000 orphans, even before the 2010 earthquake and recent hu...

On January 12th at 16:63 local time, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti. There was an estimated 3 million people affected and over 316,000 people dead. 28th to 30th Janu...

U.S. actor Matt Damon, famous for the Bourne movies, visits Haiti for charitable activities and to support the country following the 2010 earthquake. Port-au-prince, Haiti. 6th January ...

The U.S. government provided 12 boats, four sport utility vehicles, and 11,000 hand-crank radios to Haitian officials as part of its partnership with the Haitian government and its emer...

Independence day in Haiti is an important holiday and is celebrated on January 1, the same day as New Year's Day. The event was celebrated all over the country. Artibonite, Haiti. ...

The 23 men "Tarantulas Team" train and organise games in a field near the airport in Port-au-Prince. 17 players lost a leg in the 2010 earthquake which hit the country. Haiti....

Believers attend Vodou ceremonies through the country. Haitian Vodou is a syncretic religion that originates in the Caribbean country of Haiti. 25th July 2010

Believers attend Voodoo ceremonies around the country. The principal belief in Haitian Voodu is that deities called Lwa (or Loa) are subordinates to the god Bondyè, who does not interce...

Haitian National police sieze weapons and drugs during a raid against alleged bandits, titled "Noel", and initiated by the Western Provincial Directorate. Croix des Bouquets, ...

At the residence of Prime Minister Garry Conille a delimitation agreement and relocation was signed between the Brazilian general, the minister of public works and transport and communi...

The UN Peacekeeping Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti has provided security for the volatile Caribbean nation since 2004. But they have taken severe criticism, and have been accuse...

Deforestation has transformed Haiti's landscape leaving several cities highly vulnerable to flooding and mudslides. Two percent of Haiti's land is still forested, but charcoal...

On the 12th January an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale struck Haiti killing thousands and leaving millions homeless. In the days that followed rescuers searched for surviv...

The Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of Dr. Garry Conille to become the new prime minister under the leadership of the president Michel Martelly. Port-au-prince, Haiti. 16th Septembe...

The administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Raj Shah paid a visit to the Centre for Sustainable Rural Development in Bas Boen, north-east of Port-au-Prince, Hait...

Prime Minister-designate Gary Conille visited Parliament where he has filed 26 documents including three Haitian passports and birth certificates of his parents to prove his birth right...

Commissioner Alex Pierre-Louis in charge of the police station in Petion-Ville ordered armed police to clear the market in the streets to create passageways for the sidewalks. There w...

Residents afraid of catching cholera turned on a group of body collectors, kidnapping the lead supervisor and beating him up before calling police. Port-au-prince, Haiti. 4th November 2...

A sister and brother, who lived comfortably in the mountains until the January 2010 earthquake, now live on a hillside in Port-au-Prince, with the brother pimping out his sister to supp...

Video: Images over the past year and a half in Haiti into an audio slideshow. Boots Levinson. 2010-2011