Rhythm Nation: how music gives Haiti hope amid the chaos
The country has been hit by decades of crises and catastrophe, but its culture continues to thrive across the diaspora. Here, Haitian musicians celebrate its ’sounds of freedom’
February 2024
Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president
Haitian American Joseph Vincent, who admitted to helping plot assassination of Jovenel Moïse, is among 11 people accused
December 2023
Ex-Haitian senator gets life in prison for 2021 killing of country’s president
John Joel Joseph, an opponent of the late president’s party, is third of 11 suspects charged for plotting to assassinate Jovenel Moïse
October 2023
Colombian ex-army officer gets life in prison for killing of Haiti president Jovenel Moïse
Retired army officer Germán Alejandro Rivera García, 45, is second of 11 suspects detained and charged in Miami
March 2023
'Democracy is dead': how gang violence has paralysed Haiti – video explainer
Widlore Mérancourt, editor-in-chief of Haiti’s AyiboPost, tells the Guardian how Haiti is on the edge of breaking point, with a political and health emergency
January 2023
For peace in Haiti, first win the war on hunger
Letters: The millions of Haitians facing food insecurity need our help, says Jean-Martin Bauer of the UN’s World Food Programme, while Selma James urges robust reporting on the crisis
December 2022
‘No one will protect us’: how Haiti has become deadly for journalists
Since its president was assassinated in July 2021, the island nation has spiralled into violence with journalists in the firing line
October 2022
‘More bullets, more bloodshed’: Haiti aid groups warn against request for foreign forces
Medical NGOs and activists have said that calling in military intervention risks escalating brutal Port-au-Prince violence
September 2022
Two Haitian journalists killed while reporting in slum controlled by gangs
Tayson Latigue and Frantzsen Charles were among seven journalists who came under attack on Sunday
February 2020
Haiti: 15 children die in fire at orphanage run by US Christian group
Two burned to death when blaze broke out at facility run by US Christian group and 13 died in hospital due to asphyxiation
October 2019
Haiti protesters clash with police hours after journalist shot dead
Killing of Néhémie Joseph throws fresh fuel on crisis as protesters demand Jovenel Moïse’s resignation
July 2018
The true Haiti is safe and rich in culture
Letters: Our crime rate last year was significantly lower than those of the most popular tourist destinations in the region, writes Bocchit Edmond, Haitian ambassador to the UK
November 2016
Haiti: violent protests erupt over presidential election result
Early results give win to political newcomer Jovenel Moïse, a banana exporter, as losing candidates vow to fight result amid low turnout and irregularities
May 2015
Alice Smeets's Ghetto Tarot – in pictures
Shooting a witchcraft workshop in England gave Belgian photographer Alice Smeets the idea for a new approach to photographing Haiti, a country she has documented since 2007
February 2015
Haiti cancels last day of Carnival after at least 16 die in power line tragedy
Three days of mourning declared after incident triggered when a singer on a float hit an overhead power line in Port-au-Prince
December 2014
34 inmates escape crowded jail in Haiti with suspected help of prison guards
Only four of the remanded men – who sawed through steel window bars – have been recaptured, say police
January 2014
Cities: back from the brink
Port-au-Prince: collision of ideals and aid has yoked progress
In a post-earthquake city that has seen coups, invasions and disease, redevelopment is either going strong or standing still depending on who you speak to and what their agenda is
September 2013
The Self-Portrait Project in Haiti – in pictures
The Self-Portrait Project went into four camps in Haiti to highlight the ongoing housing crisis. Here are some of the resulting photographs
February 2013
Rebuilding Haiti
Haiti 2010 earthquake: then and now – in pictures
Three years after the earthquake that claimed between 230,000 and 300,000 lives in Haiti and left 1.5 million people homeless, reconstruction continues slowly
October 2012
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After 52 Hurricane Sandy deaths, charities prepare to help Haiti rebuild
Paul Owen talks to three charity workers in Port-au-Prince about the Haitian government's response to its third major disaster in two years
