In the past 12 months, Haiti — already the western hemisphere’s economic basket case — has suffered an epic earthquake that according to latest estimates killed more than 250,000 people and leveled ...

At two-minute intervals, a cannon fired a booming salute in Port-au-Prince last week. Thousands of mourners filed through a spacious salon in the white Presidential Palace. There, dressed in a black ...

Last week, former Haitian President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier returned to Haiti, ending his 25-year exile after a 1986 popular uprising had ousted the notoriously corrupt ruler. As the still ...

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GENEVA (Reuters) - Watched carefully by a coterie of ministers and aides, the plump teenager remained ensconced on the hard-padded sofa as I and other foreign journalists filed up one by one to meet ...

Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, former Haitian dictator, was escorted to court Jan. 18, two days after his shocking return to the beleaguered country. According to various news reports, he was taken ...

Jean Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, in his first public comments after returning to Haiti following 25 years of exile in France, said his return should be taken as a sign of solidarity with the Haitian ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier made a surprise return from exile to his Caribbean homeland on Sunday, saying he wanted to help in the rebuilding of ...

Afreximbank, will provide $2 billion in financing to sub-national governments to help drive economic development and trade, its president said on Friday. Kenya’s growing debt that has crossed the Sh12 ...