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NO one should yet be pouring champagne to celebrate the announcement by the U.S. government that Kenya has agreed to lead a multinational...

No one should yet be pouring champagne to celebrate the announcement by the US government that Kenya has agreed to lead a multinational police force to help subdue gangs and improve security in Haiti. This announcement is rightly far from a done...

Kenya’s willingness to lead a multinational security force in Haiti is a critical development for millions of Haitians traumatised by more than two years of internal insecurity, since the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse. Hopefully...

The CARICOM Group of Eminent Persons traveled to Haiti as agreed at the end of the meeting of Haitian stakeholders in Jamaica, to continue its facilitation of inter-Haitian dialogue...

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said the recent visit by CARICOM’s Eminent Persons Group (EPG) to Haiti, which met with various Haitian leaders, regrettably did not yield any conclusive results. The EPG is made up former prime ministers Perry Christie, from The Bahamas; Dr. Kenny Anthony of Saint Lucia, and Bruce Golding of Jamaica. They visited

July 7 marked two years since President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination. The Office of Civil Protection in Haiti denounced the “unacceptable slowness” of

United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres has urged the UN Security Council to take “bold and immediate” action to stem the violence and brutality in Haiti. “Time is of the essence to take concrete action to stem the violence and the erosion of state institutions in Haiti,” said Guterres in a letter this month.

Former Prime Minister Perry Christie is in Haiti as part of CARICOM’s Eminent Persons Group (EPG) meeting with Haitian stakeholders to find a solution to the ongoing crises facing the country. Former prime ministers Dr. Kenny Anthony of Saint Lucia, and Bruce Golding of Jamaica are also part of the group. They traveled to Haiti

The CARICOM Eminent Persons Group (EPG) arrived in Haiti on Wednesday on a follow-up mission to the Stakeholders Meeting held in Jamaica last June. The EPG, comprising Former Prime Ministers Kenny Anthony of Saint Lucia, Perry Christie of The Bahamas and Bruce Golding of Jamaica, will continue their meetings with all relevant stakeholders to facilitate a Haitian-led solution to the multiple crises facing the country,” said a release from the secretariat. The …

Thursday, July 6, 2023, as part of the open meeting of the Security Council on the Haiti file, Andrew Holness Prime Minister of Jamaica declared « It is imperative to go beyond the speeches of solidarity towards Haiti...