It's 20 minutes' drive from a 20,000-strong Native American reservation, which is now suing brewers and the town's off-licences

More than 500,000 people are still living in tents, despite massive aid operation

Cuba says 38 Haitian migrants have died after a boat they were in sank off the island's eastern coast.

Sonia Pierre, a human rights activist who had fought discrimination against Dominicans of Haitian descent since she was a child, died on 4 December following a heart attack at the age of 48. For decades her activism had made her the target of threats in the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, but it earned her recognition from overseas as a defender of human rights, including an award from Amnesty International in 2003.

Henri Haiti, the suspected killer of a German man feared to have been eaten by cannibals on the island of Nuku Hiva, has given himself up after a 50-day manhunt.

Renewed protests were expected in Haiti last night, amid mounting controversy over claims that UN peacekeepers sexually assaulted an 18-year-old man and then shared a videotape of the incident.

Mobile phone video claiming to show rape stokes anger at agency's mission

A one-time aide to the former US president Bill Clinton is being nominated to be the Haitian Prime Minister.

Oxfam GB's country director in Haiti has resigned amid an inquiry into allegations of staff misconduct, the charity has said.

British donations to tackle the drought crisis affecting millions of people in the Horn of Africa have fallen far short of previous appeals.

The Iron Market - Marche en Fer - in Port-au-Prince has been iconic symbol of Haitian community aspiration for over 120 years.

Members of Haiti's parliament have rejected President Michel Martelly's choice for the next prime minister, plunging the country into political uncertainty as a new government struggles to get its footing.

A US report says death toll from last year's disaster was exaggerated