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UEH to Open New University Campus in Southern Haiti

The State University of Haiti (UEH) will soon have a university campus in the southern region. This project, launched by the UEH Rectorate, is part of an effort to decentralize the country’s largest university, whose faculties are currently concentrated mainly in the capital. A UEH delegation carried out an exploratory mission in the Grand Sud from Tuesday, August 5 to Friday, August 8, 2025, to identify a suitable site to make this project a reality.

Louino Volcy Appointed as Haiti’s New Ambassador to France

Louino Volcy has been received as the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Haiti to France. Mr. Volcy presented his letters of credence to French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday, September 1, 2025. This formality was completed during a ceremony held at the Élysée, where several other diplomats also presented their letters of credence.

New Constitution Draft Suggests Governor and Two Senators for Each Department

The Steering Committee of the National Conference maintains the redrawing of the territory in the final version of the proposed new Constitution. There will no longer be communal sections, and the commune will become the smallest administrative territorial entity of the Republic, led by a single mayor. Each department will have a governor and two senators. At least one deputy will be elected in each constituency…

CARDH Presents Security Crisis Recommendations to Authorities

The Center for Analysis and Research in Human Rights (CARDH) presented on Tuesday, September 2, 2025, in Pétion-Ville, a document entitled “Proceedings of the Meetings and Conferences of the Sectoral Table on Security (TSS).” This scientific report, the result of contributions from participants in the TSS, brings together a series of recommendations aimed at curbing the persistent security crisis in Haiti. The initiative was supported by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

National Climate Education Day: An Effort That Needs Reinforcement

Haiti is among the most vulnerable countries in the world to the effects of climate change.

Yanick Lahens’ Passagères de nuit Makes the First Round of 2025 Goncourt

The Haitian writer Yanick Lahens was selected this Wednesday, September 3, for the first round of the 2025 Prix Goncourt with her novel Passagères de nuit. This novel, published last August by Sabine Wespieser Editions in France, is among the 15 works that caught the jury’s attention for the first of four phases of this prestigious competition.

Proposed Constitution Envisions President, VP, and Ministers but No Prime Minister

In the final version of the proposed Constitution, the Steering Committee of the National Conference suggests an executive power with a President of the Republic, an elected Vice President, and ministers. The Prime Minister is removed from the Haitian political system. In the event of a delay in the election of the President and Vice President, the Committee proposes turning to the Court of Cassation for the choice of an occupant of the National Palace...

Pétion-Ville Municipality Wants to Ban Informal Markets

During an interview with Le Nouvelliste on Monday, September 1, 2025, the mayor of Pétion-Ville, Kesner Normil, was questioned about the issue of informal markets.

Dominican Republic Deports More Than 35,000 Haitians in August

In August 2025, the General Directorate of Migration (DGM) of the Dominican Republic announced the expulsion of more than 35,276 Haitian nationals in irregular status.

“A Constitution Is a Social Contract and Can in No Case Be Drafted by a Small Committee,” Says Josué Pierre-Louis

Josué Pierre-Louis, rapporteur of the commission established by the Bar of the Port-au-Prince Bar Association to analyze the draft text of the new Constitution, was the guest of the program Panel Magik on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

September Will Be Crucial for Haiti at the UN as U.S. Cuts Back Funding

The Haiti file is on the agenda of the UN Security Council during the month of September 2025.

Five Haitian Female Photographers Take Part in Second Vap’Art Edition

In the bustling streets of Port-au-Prince, in Bainet or in the Northwest, light reveals stories few dare to tell. Five young Haitian women have decided to immortalize them through the lens of their cameras. Selected to represent Haiti at the second edition of Vap’Art 2025 in Benin, they embody a new generation of photographers where passion, social commitment, and artistic sensitivity combine to bring the invisible to life.