Haiti
10 most important world events of 2010
March 10, 2011Most important world events of 2010 1. WikiLeaks An online publisher of anonymous, covert, and classified material, leaks to the public. In April 2010, WikiLeaks published gunsight footage from the 12 July 2007 Baghdad airstrike in which Iraqi civilians...
Haitians remember their earthquake dead a year on
January 13, 2011Haitians have been marking the first anniversary of the earthquake that devastated their country and left some 250,000 of their fellow citizens dead. A minute's silence was held at 1653 local time (2153 GMT) - the exact time the 7.0 magnitude quake...
First Haitian adoptees arrive in Paris
December 23, 2010Some French families got an early Christmas present when the first group of more than 300 adopted Haitian children landed in Paris. Their arrival ends months of waiting, but not the controversy over their adoption. The 113 Haitian children got a red...
Haiti: Cholera confirmed in Port-au-Prince
November 12, 2010The health ministry in Port-au-Prince has confirmed that the country's cholera outbreak has reached the Haitian capital. Doctors are treating 73 people for the disease, amid fears that it could spread across the quake-hit city. Meanwhile, the Pan...
More deaths reported in Haiti's cholera epidemic
October 24, 2010The cholera death toll continues to rise in the Caribbean island nation of Haiti. Health authorities say 253 people have been killed with more than 3,000 infected with the cholera bacteria. Concern has grown that the disease could spread to the squalid...
Bill Gates offers $10m fund for mobile banking in Haiti
June 09, 2010Alongside the billions of pounds worth of aid being pumped into rebuilding Haiti, a new project aims to give Haitians control over their own cash. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has created a $10m (£7m) fund for mobile banking services in...
Haitian President: rebuilding Port-au-Prince as before quake - a major historical mistake
March 10, 2010Haitian President Rene Preval is urging a post-earthquake emphasis on developing the country's provinces, saying rebuilding the capital Port-au-Prince as it was before the January's quake would be "a major historical mistake." Mr. Preval met...
The Haitian Apocalypse - We saw a light (Part II)
February 23, 2010By Julius Nyamkimah Fondong See Part I: A survivor's tale Six weeks after a ferocious earthquake hit Haiti, claiming 225,000 lives and causing untold damage to life and property, life is gradually but surely coming back to normal. For the United...
Man pulled alive from Haiti earthquake rubble
February 10, 2010Authorities in Haiti say a man has been pulled alive from rubble in Port-au-Prince where he may have been trapped since the January 12 earthquake. Officials say the severely dehydrated man was buried under a marketplace and was discovered as locals dug...
The Haitian apocalypse - a survivor's tale
January 26, 2010By: Julius N. Fondong*, with intro by Innocent Chia See Part II: We saw a light When news of Haiti’s earth-shattering quake broke I got worried sick whether my friends and acquaintances had survived. At the end of a frustrating day of...