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Residents of Boucan in Chambellan, a commune in the Grande Anse department, killed then burned the body of Frantz Philistin, accused of armed robbery and other abuses against the population.

Dozens of students taken hostage

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) condemns, in a note, the persistent violation of children's rights in Haiti, due to armed violence. He made this statement after dozens of children from the Salesian school were taken hostage by armed gangs in La Saline for three days. These children were successfully released on the afternoon of Sunday October 15, 2023, reports UNICEF. "This event is a poignant reminder of the persistent violation of children’s rights due to continued armed violence," said Bruno Maes, UNICEF representative in Haiti.

Facing the closure of the Dominican borders

The Ministry of Trade and Industry is organizing a 2-day forum in Cap Haitien. The 10 Departmental Directors are summoned. Through this forum, the Ministry intends to instruct Departmental Directors on the mechanisms to be defined as part of the national survey of all small egg producers in the country. This approach is among others among a set of measures aimed at absorbing the shocks arising from the closure of the borders by the Dominican Republic.

The EU confident of a rapid resolution of the Canal crisis

Wednesday October 18, 2023, on the sidelines of a meeting in Santo Domingo on relations between the European Union (EU) and the Dominican Republic, Katja Afheldt the Representative of the EU in Rep. Dominican expressed confidence that the Dominican Republic and Haiti will normalize "as soon as possible" the current relationship, affected by the construction in Haiti of an irrigation canal with water intake on the Massacre River.... https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40754-haiti-haitian-canal-crisis-an-oas-fact-finding-mission-in-dom-rep.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-40752-haiti-flash-haiti-keeps-its-door-closed-the-dominican-government-will-not-give-in.html

The DR doubts Haitian pride

Joel Santos, the Minister of the Dominican Presidency declared that if there was so much pride in Haiti, Haitians should prohibit their wives from coming to this country to give birth and others from coming to the Dominican Republic in search of medical care…

A Sikorsky S-61 helicopter in Haiti

A new aircraft recently landed in Haiti. This is the first Sikorsky S-61 (twin-turbine) helicopter to join a UN Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) fleet. With a greater capacity than the previous helicopter, the aircraft will meet the growing demands of humanitarian workers in Haiti.

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