Haiti Conflict & Tragedy News

P.M. — A man accused of killing his wife and five young children in North Naples was just indicted by a Collier County Grand Jury on six counts of first degree murder. Mesac Damas, 33, faces either the death penalty...

A hillside school in Haiti, where 500 students crowded into several floors, collapsed during classes on Friday, killing at least 50 people and injuring many more. More children were believed buried in the rubble of the concrete building, and the...

Haitian police say they have arrested the owner of a school that collapsed and killed at least 88. Police spokesman Garry Desrosier says Fortin Augustin, the preacher who owns and built College La Promesse, was arrested Saturday and charged with...

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Ike strengthened into a hurricane in the open Atlantic on Wednesday and Tropical Storm Hanna threatened to do the same as it swirled over the Bahamas toward the southeast U.S. Coast. Hanna's torrential rains had...

Tropical Storm Gustav built toward renewed hurricane force on Thursday as it drove toward Jamaica, while many miles away, New Orleans watched it with a nervous eye. Gustav - the cause of flooding that killed 23 in Haiti and the...

Hurricane Gustav is threatening Haiti, a very poor country in the Western Hemisphere. Haitians are buying whatever provisions they can get. They are making plans to spend the time at reinforced homes owned by neighbors and friends. However, some Haitians...

Dozens of people are feared dead and many more injured after a truck plowed into a busy street market in the town of Cavaillon in southern Haiti. Local media reported that the accident may have left as many as 30...

Crowds of demonstrators in Haiti have tried to storm the presidential palace in the capital Port-au-Prince as protests continue over food prices. The prices of rice, beans and fruit have gone up by 50% in the last year. The demonstrators...

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 by Biodun Iginla, BBC News A United Nations plane has crashed in western Haiti, killing all 11 people on board, UN officials say. The Uruguayan surveillance plane was monitoring the Dominican Republic border as part of...