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Haitian leader urges unity to help rebuild nation
Jan 01, 2013 18:34 EST
Haitian President Michel Martelly made a New Year plea for unity, urging his countrymen to rebuild together their shattered country almost three years after a devastating earthquake.
Pakistan UN peacekeepers jailed for Haiti sex abuse
Mar 13, 2012 13:22 EDT
Three Pakistani police in the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti have been found guilty of sexual abuse and ordered jailed, the UN said Tuesday.
U.N. Security Council visits Haiti to assess security
Feb 13, 2012 20:50 EST
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on Monday for a four-day visit to Haiti to assess security needs before a decision over reducing the 10,500-member peacekeeping force.
U.N. Security Council visits Haiti to assess security
Feb 13, 2012 20:50 EST
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council delegation arrived in Haiti on Monday for a four-day visit to Haiti to assess security needs before a decision over reducing the 10,500-member peacekeeping force.
U.N. probes new charges of peacekeeper sex abuse in Haiti
Jan 23, 2012 16:06 EST
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Haiti, whose members have been accused of rape, assault and sparking a cholera epidemic in the country, is investigating new allegations that peacekeepers sexually abused minors.
Floods swamp earthquake-ravaged Haiti, killing 23
Jun 07, 2011 17:48 EDT
Torrential rains lashed Haiti on Tuesday, flooding shanty towns, swamping the squalid camps erected after a 2010 earthquake and killing at least 23 people, officials said.
Canada to boost Haiti health, education and farming
Jan 11, 2011 19:33 EST
Canada has allocated 93 million dollars to support eight new health, education and farming initiatives in Haiti, International Development Minister Bev Oda announced Tuesday.
We are on 'dangerous' road: Haiti's president
Jan 01, 2011 16:35 EST
Haitian President Rene Preval warned Saturday that a political impasse over a disputed presidential elections has put his quake-hit Caribbean nation on a "dangerous" course.
Haiti's Independence Day marked by protests
Jan 01, 2011 15:50 EST
Protesters use Haiti's Independence Day celebrations to demand new elections. More than 100 protesters angered by a dysfunctional election commemorated Haiti's Independence Day on Saturday by burning tires and demanding that President Rene Preval be arrested.
Haiti candidates move toward direct confrontation
Dec 10, 2010 06:31 EST
Haiti candidates move toward direct confrontation as re-count continues in disputed election. Haitians prepared for armed clashes and more days of flaming barricades as rival candidates called on supporters to take to streets and tip the balance in a sharply disputed presidential election leading.
Fears rise with more cholera deaths in Haiti capital
Nov 11, 2010 16:38 EST
"We greatly fear a flare-up in the capital which would be serious given the conditions in the camps," Claude Surena, president of the Haitian Medical Association, told AFP.
Haiti capital battles arrival of cholera
Nov 11, 2010 03:54 EST
The outbreak erupted in the Artibonite River valley in central Haiti in mid-October and initially seemed to have been contained, but the toll from the chronic diarrheal disease has since soared to 643 dead and just under 10,000 people being treated in hospital.
Cholera deaths in hard-hit Haiti city add to toll
Nov 10, 2010 18:52 EST
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A three-week-old cholera epidemic that has killed more than 640 people in Haiti is spreading quickly in the northwest coastal city of Gonaives, authorities said on Wednesday.
Haiti capital battles arrival of cholera
Nov 10, 2010 18:35 EST
The outbreak erupted in the Artibonite River valley in central Haiti in mid-October and initially seemed to have been contained, but the toll from the chronic diarrheal disease has since soared to 643 dead and just under 10,000 people being treated in hospital.
Fear grows as cholera reaches Haiti's capital
Nov 10, 2010 03:42 EST
"The epidemic of cholera, a highly contagious disease, is no longer a simple emergency, it's now a matter of national security," the director of the Haiti's health ministry, Gabriel Thimote, told a press conference Tuesday.
Fear grows as cholera reaches Haiti's capital
Nov 09, 2010 20:57 EST
"The epidemic of cholera, a highly contagious disease, is no longer a simple emergency, it's now a matter of national security," the director of the Haiti's health ministry, Gabriel Thimote, told a press conference.
Haiti 'got very lucky' as Tomas skirted island
Nov 07, 2010 00:32 EDT
Haiti 'got very lucky' when Tomas veered west, catastrophe appears averted. Hurricane Tomas pushed northward from Haiti on Saturday, leaving villagers to mop up, evacuees to return to their tents and most everyone relieved that the country did not suffer what could have been its first big disaster since the January earthquake.
Haiti dodges storm disaster as cholera toll rises
Nov 06, 2010 20:58 EDT
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.
Haiti dodges storm disaster as cholera toll rises
Nov 06, 2010 20:58 EDT
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Earthquake-hit Haiti escaped a fresh disaster threatened by Hurricane Tomas, but the storm caused flooding that killed eight people and increased the contagion threat from a deadly cholera epidemic, the government and aid workers said on Saturday.
Haiti 'got very lucky' as Tomas skirted island
Nov 06, 2010 19:36 EDT
Haiti 'got very lucky' when Tomas veered west, catastrophe appears averted. Hurricane Tomas pushed northward from Haiti on Saturday, leaving villagers to mop up, evacuees to return to their tents and most everyone relieved that the country did not suffer what could have been its first big disaster since the January earthquake.
Facts from the Wikipedia page:
| Gonaïves | |
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  Gonaïves
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| Coordinates: 19°27′N 72°41′W / 19.45°N 72.683°W | |
| Country | Haiti |
| Department | Artibonite |
| Government | |
| - Mayor | Stephen Moise |
| Elevation | 6 m (20 ft) |
| Population (2003)[1] | |
| - City | 206,426 |
| - Metro | 104,825 |
| Time zone | Eastern (UTC-5) |
| - Summer (DST) | Eastern (UTC-4) |
