Pope highlights Japan’s commitment to peace after Abe killed
Rome, ItalyAP Pope Francis prays that Japan will strengthen its commitment to peace and nonviolence despite the “senseless” assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Vatican said Saturday. In a telegram, Francis said he was “deeply saddened” to learn of the assassination and offered his condolences to Abe’s family and the people of Japan. Pope […]
Before fatal shooting, Japan’s Abe was up close with the crowd
Nara, Japan Reuters Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he’d done for decades: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a local candidate. As is typical in Japan, where violent crime is rare and guns are scarce, security appeared to […]
Haiti PM fires prosecutor seeking charges against him in President’s killing
Havana, CubaReuters Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Tuesday replaced the chief public prosecutor who had been seeking charges against him as a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis. Moise was shot dead on 7th July when assassins stormed his private residence in the hills […]
One month after Haitian President slain, painful confusion prevails
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A month after assassins slipped into President Jovenel Moise’s private residence under the cover of nightfall and carried out a brazen attack on the head of state, the Caribbean country remains far from any clarity about the crime or emotional closure. Haitian authorities claim a group of foreign mercenaries assassinated the 53-year-old […]
Haitians displaced by gang violence face bleak future
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitians displaced by gang incursions into swaths of the capital Port-au-Prince now live on the sharpest edge of insecurity in the Caribbean country, which is reeling from the assassination of President Jovenel Moise earlier this month. Officials say thousands of people have lost their homes to creeping encroachment by violent gangs into central […]
Violent protests mar funeral of slain Haiti President
Cap-Haitien, Haiti Reuters Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to assassinated President Jovenel Moise on Friday as his funeral was roiled by nearby gunfire and protests, prompting a high-level US delegation to leave abruptly and other dignitaries to duck into vehicles for safety. The state funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was intended to foster […]
Updated: Haiti police arrest suspect in President’s assassination
Updated: 2.30pm (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian police said on Sunday they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust and replace Moise. Moise was shot dead early on Wednesday at his Port-au-Prince home by what Haitian authorities describe as a […]
Updated: US rebuffs Haiti troops request after President’s assassination
Updated: 7pm, 11th July (AEST)Washington DC, US/Port-au-Prince, AfghanistanReuters The United States on Friday rebuffed Haiti’s request for troops to help secure key infrastructure after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise by suspected foreign mercenaries, even as it pledged to help with the investigation. The killing of Moise by a squad of gunmen in the early […]
“Stay home, stay safe”: Haitian Americans fret for relatives trapped by turmoil
New York City, USReuters At Radio Soleil, the usual playlist of pulsing Haitian ‘compas’ dance music has been replaced this week with more somber tunes and political analysis as listeners across the diaspora reel from the shock of Haiti President Jovenel Moise’s assassination. Broadcasting from the station’s small Brooklyn storefront, director Ricot Dupuy has fielded […]
Updated: Haiti says 26 Colombians, two Haitian Americans among group that killed President
Updated: 12pm (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters A heavily armed commando unit that assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise was composed of 26 Colombians and two Haitian Americans, authorities said on Thursday, as the hunt went on for the masterminds of the killing. Moise, 53, was fatally shot early on Wednesday at his home by what officials said was […]