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Port-au-Prince, May 10, 2026 — Friday, May 8, 2026, will remain a key date in the journey of Lovely François. Under the arches of Alabama State University, the Director General of the National Insurance Office (ONA) officially received her master's degree in accounting, crowning an academic journey begun several years earlier with a bachelor's degree obtained in the United States.
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On April 22, 2026, the Delmas municipal library reopened its doors after several months of closure. Behind this reopening lies a methodical struggle led by Rémy Seth, a young community development trainer, who combined a formal letter, a petition, street mobilization, and dialogue with the town hall. A look back at a citizen strategy that proved its worth.
Politique
Nearly five years after the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, killed at his residence in Port-au-Prince on July 7, 2021, a federal jury in Miami on Friday, May 8, 2026, found four men from South Florida guilty. They were convicted for their participation in a conspiracy to kidnap or kill the Haitian head of state, a case that plunged the country into a worsening political and security crisis.
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On Monday, May 4, 2026, the day after International Press Freedom Day, ProMedia gathered voices with contrasting analyses at the third edition of the Media and Press Professions Forum. While ProMedia's Director General, Wesly Jean Renaud, called on journalists to embody the principles of the rule of law themselves, the head of Le Nouvelliste, Maxime Chauvet, denounced two government decrees he described as a 'sword of Damocles' hanging over the profession. For his part, Communications Minister Emmanuel Ménard deemed the establishment of the rule of law 'chimerical,' making any truly free press illusory in his view. A contradiction that sums up the Haitian impasse.
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Port-au-Prince, May 4, 2026 – The draft electoral decree submitted by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to the executive continues to draw mixed reactions. At the heart of the debate: Article 139, which requires political parties and groupings to present a list of at least 30,000 members, adherents, or sympathizers in order to participate in the upcoming elections.
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The Haitian government and the United Nations took a decisive step this Saturday, May 2, 2026, with the signing of the headquarters Agreement concerning the status of the United Nations Support Office in Haiti (BANUH). The ceremony was held soberly at the Chancellery, in the presence of senior officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Justice, and Public Security.
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On April 24, 2026, the School of Law and Economic Sciences of Gonaïves (EDSEG) celebrated its Monferrier Dorval graduating class. The godmother of this class, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation Dr. Sandra Paulemon, delivered a solemn speech urging the young graduates to make law a bulwark against arbitrariness and a lever for the country's development.
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Clarens Renois never ceases to surprise. A man of his word in Haiti, a sharp critic of the transition, a committed political actor at the head of UNIR-Haiti, he is also – and perhaps above all – a writer.
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Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé used May 1st as a platform to link security and national production.
International
The United Arab Emirates surprised the international oil community on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, by announcing their withdrawal from OPEC and the OPEC+ alliance effective May 1.
International
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, H.E. Mrs. Raina Forbin, had a telephone conversation with her Canadian counterpart, Mrs. Anita Anand, the Haitian diplomacy indicated in a statement published this Monday, April 27, 2026.
Actualités
The collective « Kenbe Kapòw » strongly denounces the tragedy that occurred Saturday at Citadelle La Ferrière — Citadelle Henry —, where several dozen young people lost their lives.
