Attack at sea, deaths and hostage-taking

Saturday January 6, 2024, heavily armed bandits opened fire on canoes near Village Alpha (between Carrefour and Gressier). At least 7 passengers were killed in this attack. The bandits also kidnapped several passengers...

A bus and its passengers hijacked

Sunday January 7, 2024, heavily armed men hijacked a bus with its passengers in the Artibonite department. The number of passengers held hostage and the destination of the bus remain unknown at this time.

A member of the "305" gang fatally injured

Friday January 5, 2024 Djéi alias "Makanda", an active member of the "305" gang from Trois-Rivières, was fatally injured at 2:50 in the afternoon, during exchanges of fire with the Police in the La Coupe area, located a few meters from the Port-de-Paix River.

50 remarkable Haitian women

Friday January 5, 2024, the Network of Model and Inspiring Haitian Women and its partners honored in Pétion-ville, 50 remarkable Haitian women in 2023. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41125-haiti-social-50-model-and-inspiring-haitian-women-2023-list.html This initiative aims to promote the positive work accomplished by these women, according to the organizers.

Words by Martine Moïse

"Haiti stand up, so that the social injustice done to the people can be repaired. Let's unite as one body, to support this just cause whose outcome consists of freeing the People from this atrocious and unbearable pain imposed by these assassins," Former First Lady of Haiti Martine Moïse.

Export of DR to Haiti decreasing

Exports from the Dominican Republic to Haiti fell by 101.22 million US dollars (17.9%), between January and November 2023, from 564.16 million dollars in 2022 to 462.94 million dollars in 2023.

HL/ HaitiLibre