Coalition of civil society groups says Paris should return harsh reparations imposed on Caribbean state two hundred years ago

Successive foreign governments plunged it into unpayable debt and left its citizens in penury

An amateur geographer travels to an undocumented island off the coast of Haiti after stumbling upon it on Google Earth.

Compare the lack of interest shown by the international media, politicians and assorted celebrities to the cholera epidemic, leading to the death of thousands of Haitians, with the hysterical outrage expressed about Oxfam officials consorting with prostitutes. By Patrick Cockburn.

President Trump's defenders don't know anything about Haiti's history — or the United States's.

Haiti says it is “deeply shocked and outraged” by President Donald Trump’s reported vulgar remark on migration calling it “racist.” The Haitian government says in a statement that “these insulting and reprehensible statements in no way reflect the virtues of wisdom, restraint and discernment that must be cultivated by any high political authority.”

Money that was promised to provide “tens of thousands of people with permanent homes” reportedly only made it to a total of six. By Timothy T. Schwartz.

The Mexican border town of Tijuana is home to thousands of Haitians. Most are asylum-seekers, stuck in administrative limbo as they await potential entry to the United States. To help them feel more at-home, Fausta Rosalía—owner of a popular lunch spot—decided to switch up her traditional offerings of tacos and quesadillas to better serve the city’s new residents. Now, she’s cooking Haitian food in the hopes that a taste of home will make life a little bit easier for so many.

A short history of a most incongruous dish

In Haiti, the machete is both a weapon and a farmer’s key to survival. This dichotomy is especially true for Alfred Avril, a master machete fencer and subsistence farmer. The traditional art of machete fencing can be traced back to the Haitian Revolution. With fewer guns than the soldiers they were battling, many slaves fought with the machetes they had used to toil the sugarcane fields. In this short film from Third Horizon, Avril shares his mysterious craft as well as the practical and spiritual value of the machete throughout Haitian history.

The Associated Press reported that UN perpetrators in Haiti were found, by a leaked UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) report, to have engaged in “transactional” sexual relationships for food, water and medicine with over 225 women and underage girls. The AP did not mention the “transactional sex” the UN perpetrators have with men and boys in Haiti.A third of the 225 sexual exploitation and abuse cases involved minors under 18.

Aid groups are falling short on some of the world's worst crises, says researcher Sara Pantuliano. There is a way to fix it — but it might not be popular.

The United Nations has launched a flash appeal for $120 million to help Haiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, cope with its worst humanitarian crisis since a devastating 2010 natural disaster.

These before and after satellite images illustrate the devastation that Haiti has suffered.

As the death count after Hurricane Matthew approaches 900 and reports of deadly cholera outbreaks begin to surface, Haitians have sent out desperate pleas for help.

As the death count after Hurricane Matthew approaches 900 and reports of deadly cholera outbreaks begin to surface, Haitians have sent out desperate pleas for help.

AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti started burying some of its dead in mass graves in the wake of Hurricane Matthew, a government official said on Sunday, as cholera spread in the devastated southwest and the death toll from the storm rose to 1,000 people.

Usain Bolt has donated a reported 10 million dollars to help rebuild Haiti after the island was hit by Hurricane Matthew this week.

People walk on the road as rain falls during Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes.

Very dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Matthew is strengthening as it churns northwards towards Haiti, Jamaica, and eastern Cuba, and is poised to deliver a historic pounding Monday and Tuesday to these unfortunate nations. Haiti will take the brunt of Matthew’s heavy rains, and will suffer the most from the storm.