TORONTO (AP) — The filmmaker Raoul Peck was sitting in a Toronto hotel lobby talking to a reporter when Barry Jenkins beelined over to embrace
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Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti declined today to join neighboring Dominican Republic in reopening a key commercial border crossing, leaving some trade at a standstill and
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Dominican Republic intensifies Haiti border shutdown over canal row
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) The Dominican Republic announced new measures to strengthen control at its border with Haiti, including an indefinite extension of the border shutdown
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Haiti ex-senator pleads guilty for role in president’s 2021 assassination
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — Former Haitian Senator Joseph Joel John pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal charges in a U.S. court for his role in the
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Dominican Republic to reopen its border to essential trade but not Haitians
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The Dominican Republic government said Monday it will temporarily allow trade of essential products, including food and medications, on its border
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Kenya’s foreign minister reassigned days after touchy comment on country’s police mission in Haiti
NAIROBI (AP) — Kenya’s foreign affairs minister was moved to the tourism post Wednesday as part of a Cabinet reshuffle just days after the official
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UN approves Haiti security mission to fight gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — The United Nations Security Council on Monday authorized a foreign security mission to Haiti, a year after the Caribbean country asked for
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US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment
NAIROBI (AP) — The U.S. and Kenya signed a defense agreement today that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security
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Dominican Republic’s president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic on Sunday defended his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in their
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Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise in a dispute over a canal
DAJABON (AP) — The Dominican Republic shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti on Friday in a dispute about construction of a canal
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