Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille offered his surprise resignation on Friday after just four months in office, amid tension between the premier and government ministers over issues of dual national

Michel Martelly, a Haitian popular singer known by the stage name 'Sweet Micky', was officially declared the earthquake-devastated country's next president, election officials said on Wednesday.

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Residents in the Haitian capital braced for more unrest on Sunday, with presidential candidates calling for street protests to annul November elections marred by fraud allegations.

Like a ghost from the past, ousted Haitian dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier apologised to the victims of his 15-year regime and said he had returned to work for national reconciliation.

The United States warned Haiti its foreign aid is being imperiled by political stalemate following disputed elections, spelling more trouble for a nation struggling to recover from a huge earthquake a

Haitian voters mulled a stark choice Saturday as they prepared to pick a new leader to rebuild a nation crippled by mismanagement, natural disaster, economic stagnation, and now cholera.

Haiti election favorite Mirlande Manigat, a longtime opposition leader and erstwhile first lady, is bracing for "massive fraud" in this weekend's vote and wants UN peacekeepers out.

The Haitian ministry of health reported that the cholera death toll rose to 796, including 13 in Port au Prince, where the disease spreads rapidly despite strong sanitary measures.

A suspected cholera outbreak north of the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has killed up to 135 people, health officials and news reports said on Thursday.