Juhakenson Blaise

The deportees were not former TPS beneficiaries, but their arrival in Cap-Haïtien underscores the growing pressure on Haiti as Washington prepares to send about 250 Haitians back each week

At least 30 people were killed in a gang attack in Kenscoff on Sunday night, the commune mayor, Massillon Jean, said. The attack by members of the Viv Ansanm coalition spread through several areas of the hilly community, with residents reporting burned homes, abductions and missing people. The attack came weeks after a previous assault displaced thousands.

Candidate registration for Haiti's upcoming national election began Aug. 20. But the process is a major bottleneck in the electoral calendar, with confusion surrounding a requirement that each political party or coalition submit a list of at least 30,000 eligible voters before its candidates can be registered. The Provisional Electoral Council has not clarified how long it will take to verify millions of party affiliations. Here is what candidates and political parties need to know before they can be officially approved to run.

Six children and seven women abducted in Kenscoff were released with UNICEF support days after a deadly gang attack.

Political groups say members' identification numbers are being rejected, duplicated, or linked to other parties, and the process is mired in fraud and confusion as Haiti prepares for Dec. 13 elections

The new ICE flight has now brought the total deportees to Haiti to 319 since the Supreme Court cleared the way for TPS to end for more than 300,000 Haitians

The Support Group for Repatriates and Refugees has reported forced returns of nearly 194,500 Haitians from the Dominican Republic and 1,200 from the United States since January

The government said it has made 2.5 billion gourdes available for cash assistance to 140,000 parents, while a broader back-to-school package also targets 30,000 vulnerable families

The abductions come as BINUH reports 81 kidnappings for ransom between April and June, a 42% increase from the previous quarter

Peterson Pierre-Louis replaces Jacques Desrosiers as president, but the nine-member council remains in place as political groups challenge the electoral process and Dec. 13 timeline