Gonaives, Haiti News

The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti is assisting local authorities in rescue and relief efforts in the northern city of Gonaives after it was hit this morning by floods and mudslides triggered by ...

Heavy rains triggered by Tropical Storm Hanna triggered severe flooding and killed at least 10 people in the Haitian city of Gonaives, where thousands died four years ago during a similar catastrophe, officials ...

Tropical Storm Hanna has killed about 10 people in Gonaives, Haiti after flooding the city, local police said.

Aid agencies say clean water is their priority to prevent water-borne diseases. 4 of 7 Meanwhile receding floodwaters in the devastated city of Gonaives mean people can get on with rebuilding their houses and ...

Hurricane Gustav grew rapidly as it closed in on impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, and sent global oil prices soaring on fears it could become "extremely dangerous" in the Gulf of Mexico.

Rapidly growing Hurricane Gustav headed for a collision with impoverished Haiti on Tuesday, driving many people off the potholed streets of the capital, but bringing few other outward signs of preparation.

A system battling the islands of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola has obtained enough circulation Friday afternoon to become Tropical Storm Fay.

Tropical Storm Fay, the sixth Atlantic storm of the season, formed as the low pressure system over the Mona Passage moved over the eastern Dominican Republic.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF HAITI FROM GONAIVES NORTHWARD...FOR THE TURK AND CAICOS ISLANDS AND FOR THE SOUTHEASTERN BAHAMAS.

A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTH COAST OF HAITI FROM GONAIVES NORTHWARD.

Church-supported program assists Haiti food crisis >Jul. 29, 2008 NOTE: Photographs are available at http://umns.umc.org . >A UMNS Report By Jan Dragin* Struggling in the grip of a worsening world food crisis, ...

The program's expansion will provide more people, particularly women, with opportunities to grow enough food for their families and increase income for other basic needs through access to credit and training.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti There's a bullet hole in the chalkboard. St. Margaret, one of seven Catholic schools in the Cite Soleil slum, is an oasis of learning and relative safety for some of the world's most ...

At the gala to celebrate 30 years of Haitian Radio for Express Publicite, Jean-Baptiste Obas, right, speaks live on WSRF, 1580AM.

"I'm proud of myself having a garden like this in my own yard," said Clotaire, 39, who lives in a small block house in this dusty city on Haiti's western coastline.

By Shearon Roberts Miami River businesses shipping cargo to Haiti are finally seeing a cutback in time spent clearing customs, a process that almost crippled a once-healthy and vibrant trade to the island from ...

The church on East Street and Bahama Avenue didn't lose any members, but that didn't matter to the Haitian pastors who gathered inside, appealing for closure to the latest human smuggling tragedy hitting this ... via The Miami Herald

“The three children killed were 3 months old, 6 years old and 14 years old and the two adults, who were wounded, were taken to the hospital”

Three children were killed and two people injured when a mudslide triggered by torrential rains knocked down a wall and crushed a house in the Haitian capital, witnesses said. via Manawatu Evening Standard

U.N. peacekeepers take positions in front of Haiti's presidential palace in Port-au-Prince Tuesday after hungry Haitians attacked the complex, throwing rocks and demanding the resignation of President Rene ... via The Miami Herald

Anger over hunger in Haiti bursts out By G. Dunkel Published Apr 10, 2008 8:53 PM For the past few months poor Haitians have been calling the hunger that they feel every day "Clorox," because it is so painful ... via Pan-African News Wire