Haiti cholera outbreak kills 132 in 2014

November 27, 2014 in Regional

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haïti (AFP) - Haiti's cholera epidemic has killed 132 people and may have infected nearly 15,000 others so far this year, a UN agency report said Wednesday. The Caribbean country's cholera outbreak started in 2010 and "an unacceptable number of people have been affected, with...

Thousands of Haiti protesters demand president to step down

November 26, 2014 in Regional

PORT AU PRINCE, Haïti (AFP) — Thousands of anti-government protesters in Haiti called Tuesday for the resignation of President Michel Martelly, whom they accused of trying to reinstall a dictatorship. Opposition politicians called for the protests, which took place in several neighborhood of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. The...

Weather cited in Bahamas jet crash that killed 9

November 26, 2014 in Regional

Bad weather appears to have been a major factor in a small plane crash in the Bahamas that killed a prominent Christian minister and eight other people, according to a report released Tuesday. The Learjet carrying the Rev. Myles Munroe and members of his Bahamas Faith...