Topic: Edmond Mulet

Haiti's tainted would-be leader to quit run-off

AFP Global Edition - 388 days ago
The ruling party's candidate in Haiti's tainted elections was poised to quit the race to be president, officials said Tuesday, bowing to international pressure after weeks of political limbo here.President Rene Preval's handpicked protege Jude Celestin would quit ...

Fraud concerns ahead of Haiti election

AFP Global Edition - 449 days ago
Fraud fears dogged the run-up to presidential elections in Haiti, a desperately poor Caribbean nation gripped by cholera and struggling to rebuild after a devastating earthquake.As the cholera toll soared past 1,600 and the number of confirmed infections approached 70 ...

UPDATE 1-Haiti heads for elections, police keep marches apart

Scientific American - 450 days ago
* Raging cholera epidemic has killed 2,000, set to worsen Armed Haitian police kept apart boisterous supporters of rival presidential candidates in Port-au-Prince on Thursday as the earthquake-hit Caribbean country heads for turbulent elections this weekend in the grip of a cholera ...

Cholera, protests escort Haiti to troubled elections

Scientific American - 450 days ago
Sporadic violence, including recent street clashes between protesters and U.N. peacekeepers in Port-au-Prince and the northern city of Cap-Haitien, have added the stench of burning tires and tear gas to the stink of squalor and disease from overflowing cholera hospitals and ...

Cholera grip strengthening in Haiti: UN

AFP Global Edition - 451 days ago
The cholera epidemic in Haiti is gathering pace and some violence is expected when the country holds elections this week, UN officials warned Tuesday.But the head of the UN mission in the stricken Caribbean nation said that despite the cholera, the ...

U.N. sees no security vacuum as U.S. troops exit Haiti

Reuters US Online Report World News - 711 days ago
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is confident there will be no security vacuum in Haiti as U.S. and other foreign troops withdraw from the earthquake-struck Caribbean country, a top U.N. official said on Tuesday.The U.N. police and ...

UN envoy: Haiti should hold presidential election

AP News - 715 days ago
UN envoy says Haiti should hold presidential elections despite earthquake's ravages Haitians must proceed with their presidential election this year despite the burden of earthquake damage, the top United Nations official in the country said Thursday.Acting U.N. mission chief ...

UN mission in Chad needs boosting

AFP Global Edition - 1030 days ago
The UN mission in Chad and the Central African Republic needs urgent reinforcement because it lacks staff and equipment as it seeks to protect civilians, a senior UN official said Friday.The mission, known as MINURCAT, took over from a European force ...