SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — Haiti’s government announced that it met Wednesday with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a recent threat by
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Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border
SANTO DOMINGO (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic announced Monday that he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he threatened to shut
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Dominican Republic to seal Dajabon border with Haiti in canal dispute
SANTO DOMINGO (Reuters) — The Dominican Republic will seal its border with Haiti in its northern Dajabon province if a conflict over access to water
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US embassy in Haiti urges citizens to leave country ‘as soon as possible’
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) — The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and
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UN says number of people killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti rose 14% in recent months
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.N. said today that 1,860 people were reported killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June, a 14% increase
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Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by deluded pastor into gang territory
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The director of Haiti’s National Police vowed Monday to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and
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Haitian gang opens fire on group of machete-carrying church folks trying to take back streets
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A powerful gang opened fire Saturday on a large group of parishioners led by a pastor as they marched through a community
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Haiti gang leader vows to fight any foreign armed force if it commits abuses
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader warned that he would fight any international armed force
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American nurse and her young daughter freed nearly two weeks after abduction in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were freed Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in Haiti’s capital, according to
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Haitians express skepticism over Kenya’s offer to UN to send police to confront gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitians are expressing skepticism over an offer by Kenya to lead an international police force aimed at combatting the gang violence that
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