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Overview: Several Haitian political figures named in a U.N. Panel of Experts report have rejected allegations of links to gangs, criminal financing or illicit economic networks and challenged investigators to…

Overview: Haitian singer-songwriter BéLo performed songs spanning more than 20 years of his career at a sold-out Joe’s Pub in New York City on Oct. 14. The audience sang along…

Overview: Shermilla, an 18-year-old Haitian immigrant living in Brooklyn, arrived in the United States legally in 2023. She excelled in high school, worked part-time, and sent money to relatives in…

Overview: Gros-Morne’s mayor has urged evacuations as gang violence kills civilians and disrupts transportation on National Road 5. To strengthen security and sustain operations amid the consequences of gang activity…

Overview: Haiti’s electoral decree requires public officials seeking elected office to resign by specific deadlines and, where required, submit proof of resignation. Interim executive agents have until Oct. 15 to…

Overview: Clashes following a security operation—conducted by the Haitian National Police and supported by the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force—against the Kokorat San Ras gang in Gros-Morne have disrupted National Road…

Overview: A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Frantzson Saintilien, a 65-year-old tax preparer from Elmont, Long Island, on all 18 counts related to a fraudulent tax preparation scheme. According to…

Overview: President Donald Trump renewed attacks on Haitian and Somali immigrants during an Ohio campaign rally Monday, repeating false claims about Haitians eating pets in Springfield and celebrating immigration policies…