Genealogists trace Pope Leo's African ancestry to New Orleans and Haiti

The world is still adjusting to the historic election of Pope Leo XIV—the first American Pope and a native of the Chicago area—but new revelations about his ancestry are drawing attention far beyond the Vatican. According to leading genealogists, Pope Leo’ …

International News: Dominican Republic, Kenya urge more funding for Haiti Security Mission

Views: 58Posted: Tuesday, May 13, 2025. 1:47 pm CST. By Zoila Palma:  On Monday, the foreign ministers of the Dominican Republic and Kenya called on the international community to deliver and expand promised funding for the UN-backed Multinational Security …

200 Years Ago, France Extorted Haiti

Marlene L. Daut on Haitians’ push for reparations for France’s 19th-century gunboat deal to compensate former enslavers, rather than the other way around. Attack and Take of the Crête-à-Pierrot, Auguste Raffet’s 1830 painting of an 1802 battle of the …

Kenya and Dominican Republic sign agreement to support Haiti mission troops

Santo Domingo.- Kenya and the Dominican Republic signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to provide medical evacuation and repatriation assistance for Kenyan police officers deployed in Haiti as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission ( …

There is no easy fix for Haiti’s crises. But here’s where the US can start.

On May 2, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Haiti’s two most powerful gang coalitions, Viv Ansanm and Gran Grif, as foreign terrorist organizations. This move—along with Rubio’s two trips to the Caribbean earlier this year—signals the Trump …

Haiti recruits new medical workers while longtime nurses go unpaid and patients wait for care

Overview: As Haiti’s health ministry launches a large-scale recruitment effort, nurses across the country speak out about years of unpaid work and delayed appointments. In underserved cities like Port-de-Paix, medical staff continue to work under dire …

Haiti and Saint Lucia attend forum in Beijing

Haiti’s foreign minister was one of two representatives from countries maintaining official ties with Taiwan that attended a forum yesterday in Beijing between China and Latin American and Caribbean nations, as Beijing ramps up its pressure campaign …

Little Haiti dispute ends in gunfire, 2 people in the hospital

Gangs blamed for pulverizing Haiti’s lam veritab sector, threatening cultural fare like tonmtonm

Overview: Planters and vendors of lam veritab, Creole for breadfruit, say they are fighting to sustain a vital industry that could alleviate food insecurity and boost local employment—if only they had safeguards for moving the valuable crop. PORT-AU-PRINCE …

Caribbean Lifeline: Dominican Republic Backs Kenyan Cops in Haiti.

- Advertisement - On May 13, 2025, Kenya and the Dominican Republic signed an agreement to help Kenyan police working in Haiti. The deal was signed in Santo Domingo by Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi and Dominican Foreign Minister Roberto …