Port Au Prince

Haitian gangs that control parts of the country have announced a coordinated effort to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry

Sporadic gunfire echoed through the streets of Port-au-Prince on Monday as the government remained silent in the face of protests

Partial results suggested Monday that carnival singer Michel Martelly was on course for a landslide win in Haiti’s presidential run-off election.

Haiti on Tuesday began two days of remembrance ceremonies in honour of the thousands of people who died in an earthquake a year ago.

Sprinting on their crutches at breakneck speed, the young soccer players who lost legs in Haiti’s earthquake last year project a symbol of hope.

Haiti desperately sought on Wednesday to halt a cholera epidemic that threatens to spiral out of control after reaching the capital’s crowded slums.

Quake-hit Haiti and its aid partners fought on Friday to stem a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 200 people and sickened more than 2 000.

Haitians who survived last month’s devastating earthquake that killed more than 200 000 now face a fear: rain.

France’s national anthem blared across the tarmac on as Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti.

For the hundreds of thousands still ­living on the streets, fears are now turning to what the next few months of downpours will bring.

Haiti on Friday marks the one-month anniversary of the devastating quake that killed more than 210 000 people.

Haiti has raised the death toll from January’s quake to more than 217 000, while the focus turned to providing shelter for the homeless.

The death toll from Haiti’s catastrophic earthquake last month has reached 212 000, the prime minister said on Thursday.

The death toll in the Haiti quake has swelled to 200 000, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said on Wednesday.

With a million Haitians homeless and disease spreading, the earthquake-shattered island is threatened by other natural forces.