Resumption of gang warfare in Cité Soleil

Monday, January 9, 2023, violent clashes broke out between the gangs of "Gpèp" and "G9" paralyzing all activities and sowing panic in the population of Terre Noire, route #9 and Carrefour Drouillart.

$500,000 ransom

The kidnappers of the former deputy of Paillant / Petite-Rivière-de Nippes, Smith Mathurin, kidnapped on January 2, 2023, demand 500,000 US dollars and five million gourdes to release him, informs John Guerdy Mathurin, who says he is concerned about the deterioration of his brother's health.

Haiti no longer has any elected leaders

The mandates of the last 10 Senators (Denis Cadeau, Jean Marie Ralph Féthière, Jean Rigaud Bélizaire, Garcia Delva, Joseph Lambert, Kédlaire Ausgustin, Patrice Dumont, Pierre François Sildor, Rony Célestin and Wanique Pierre) officially ended on Monday January 9, 2023. There has been no official ceremony, the Parliament having been totally dysfunctional since January 2020. As of this day, there are no longer any elected officials in Haiti (deputies and senators and mayor).

83 migrants repatriated by the US Coast Guard

Monday, January 9, 2023, the US Coast Guard repatriated 83 Haitian migrants (47 men. 30 women and 6 minors). According to Kerwin Augustin, Regional Representative of the National Office of Migration (ONM), the Haitian migrants would have reached the coast of Florida before being intercepted and arrested by the US Coast Guard, 44 of these Haitians came from the Bahamas.

75th edition of the Festival Livres en Liberté

From January 11 to February 17, 2023, the North and North-East Departments will host the 75th edition of the Festival Livres en Liberté, an initiative of the Georges Castera Library in Limbé. Talks, writing workshops and signature sales are some of the activities on the program. The Festival will stay during its tour in the Communes of Milot, Terrier-Rouge, Ouanaminthe, Fort-Liberté, Ferrier and Grand-Bassin. The official launch will take place in Milot, on the premises of the École Sainte Croix, on Wednesday January 11, 2023.

2010 earthquake : Consulate of Haiti in Paris, Ceremony of tribute to the victims of January 12

Thursday, January 12, 2023 at the Consulate of Haiti in Paris at 6 p.m. will be held a ceremony of tribute to the victims of the earthquake of January 12, 2010. Address: 35 Avenue de Villiers 75017 Paris, Metro: line 2 Monceau - Line 3. Malesherbes.

HL/ HaitiLibre