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Blackwater founder Erik Prince to send forces to Haiti to fight gangs
Al Jazeera
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August 15, 2025
A private security company run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince will send hundreds of fighters to violence-racked Haiti to combat the country’s gang violence problem and restore its tax collection system, according to United States media reports....
Imprisoned Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti threatened in cell, Trump meets Putin in Alaska, and mercenary Erik Prince's plans for Haiti.
Drop Site
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August 15, 2025
Israel has killed 21 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn. Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visits the cell of political prisoner Marwan Barghouti—who has been imprisoned since 2002 and is the most unifying Palestinian resistance...
Kenyan team meets Haiti’s new leader over gang violence
Star
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A Kenyan delegation led by Joseph Boinnet, who is the deputy National Security Adviser to President William Ruto and the Kenyan Consul General to Haiti, Noor Gabow, met head of Haiti’s transitional presidential Laurent Saint-Cyr, in Port-au-Prince...
Journey of faith: How global perspective, Haitian husband changed Mennonite woman's life
Lancaster Online - Pennsylvania
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In 2007, at the age of 19, Anita Felisma, left the confines of her conservative upbringing to see the world. Per her mother’s request, Anita, who was raised in upstate New York within the strict bounds of the Beachy Amish Mennonite tradition,...
Harmony Fest, A Multicultural Function At Junction City (KS)...
Modern Ghana
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Middle America has long been thought of as a land of wide fields, quiet towns, and understated traditions. But every so often, something remarkable rises from its heartland—something that reminds us that culture, diversity, and human connection...
Experimentation of the technological branch of the baccalaureate in computer science
Haiti Libre
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Haiti - Education : Experimentation of the technological branch of the baccalaureate in computer science 14/08/2025 09:58:53 With the aim of improving youth employability, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID)...
Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep personnel in Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs and collect taxes
The Straits Times
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August 14, 2025
The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he has a 10-year deal with Haiti to fight the country's criminal gangs, and then take a role in restoring the country's tax-collection system. In an interview...
Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep forces in Haiti for 10 years
BDNews24
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The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he plans to keep his forces in Haiti for 10 years under an arrangement that will eventually give his firm a role in the country's tax-collection system. In an...
Trump Ally Erik Prince Proposes 10-Year Haiti Mission To Combat Gangs
StratNews Global
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August 14, 2025
Erik Prince, a prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive, says he intends to keep forces in Haiti for 10 years, eventually involving his firm in the nation’s tax-collection system. In an interview with Reuters, Prince said...
Louise sparks change: From stoves to stronger communities
Food For Mzansi
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August 29, 2025
Louise Williamson wears many hats, and wears them well. Environmentalist, social entrepreneur, community developer, innovator, these labels barely scratch the surface of a career dedicated to creating meaningful impact. With 25 years’ experience...
Blackwater founder and Trump supporter Erik Prince signs 10-year security deal with Haiti
BusinessLIVE
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London/Mexico City/Port au Prince — The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he plans to keep his forces in Haiti for 10 years under an arrangement that will eventually give his firm a role in the...
Scientists Race to Save Caribbean Reefs Amid Bleaching Crisis
Centro de Periodismo Investigativo
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August 7, 2025
For more than a decade, Mariane Aimar-Godoc regularly laboured underwater, collecting coral eggs by moonlight to raise in nurseries and transplant back onto degraded reefs. As director of the nonprofit Guadeloupe Initiative for the Restoration of...
Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep forces in Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs and collect taxes
The Economic Times
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August 14, 2025
The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he plans to keep his forces in Haiti for 10 years under an arrangement that will eventually give his firm a role in the country's tax-collection system. In an...
Exclusive-Trump ally Erik Prince plans to keep forces in Haiti for 10 years to fight gangs and collect taxes
The Malaysian Star
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August 14, 2025
August 14 (Reuters) -The prominent Donald Trump supporter and private security executive Erik Prince says he plans to keep his forces in Haiti for 10 years under an arrangement that will eventually give his firm a role in the country's...
From crisis to cultivation: Haiti’s small farmers build resilience one seed at a time
The Gleaner
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August 13, 2025
PORT-AU-PRINCE (CMC): For years, low-quality seeds have been a concern in Haiti, with continual climate shocks and political insecurity adding to the existing challenges that farmers face in their attempts to grow food. Instead of having seeds...
Haitian-American FSMSDC CEO Beatrice Louissaint to step down after 25 years
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 5, 2025
The Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council (FSMSDC) has announced that its long-serving President and CEO, Haitian-American Beatrice Louissaint, will step down on December 12, 2025, concluding more than 25 years of transformative...
Tech firm behind theme park rides investing $6.4 million in new Mobile headquarters
AL.com - Alabama
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August 5, 2025
A tech firm that works on major theme park attractions and has offices from Mobile to Beijing is relocating its headquarters to the heart of downtown Mobile. Prism Systems is investing $6.4 million to move from Virginia Street to a new home at...
Gangs in Haiti kill 2 elite police officers in latest attack against law enforcement
The Independent
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August 13, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
U.S. grand jury indicts one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and one of his friends
Los Angeles Times
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August 13, 2025
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A federal grand jury has indicted one of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders and a U.S. citizen accused of conspiring with him to violate U.S. sanctions and fund gang activities in the troubled Caribbean country, the U.S....
U.S. indicts Haiti gang leader ‘Barbecue,’ offers $5 million reward for capture
Virgin Islands Free Press
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August 13, 2025
WASHINGTON — Haiti’s most notorious gang leader has been indicted by a federal jury in Washington, D.C., after which the FBI announced a $5 million bounty for information leading to his capture. Jimmy Chérizier, aka “Barbecue” 48, is one of the...