Al Jazeera English
| May 8, 2013
The United Nations has 60 days to respond with compensation before being hauled to court by lawyers representing cholera victims in Haiti who have filed a complaint that the devastating disease was brought to the nation by UN workers stationed the...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 21, 2013
The UN has rejected calls to compensate the families of around 8,000 killed by a cholera epidemic believed to have been caused by its own peacekeepers. It refused to accept responsibility or apologize for the 2010 outbreak, which sickened an estim...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 22, 2012
The United Nations launches a plan to eradicate cholera from Haiti, but Inside Story Americas asks if it is only a repackaging of aid money that had already been pledged to the disaster-racked nation. In addition, the UN continues to refuse that t...
Al Jazeera English
| Nov 3, 2012
In the coming weeks, the Haitian government promises to spend millions in devastated areas to try and rebuild after Hurricane Sandy ravaged the country. But Jones Milaud whose market stall was destroyed says he's doubtful he will ever see any of i...
NTDTV
| Nov 1, 2012
Hurricane Sandy killed at least 54 people when it hit Haiti but food shortages may kill many more. The storm has devastated crops in the south of the country, the only part of Haiti where agriculture wasn't already suffering from drought or the ef...
Channel 4 News
| Oct 13, 2012
Millions of dollars were raised for a charity led by pop-superstar Wyclef Jean in the wake of the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti. Two years later, with few signs of progress and the charity's recent bankruptcy, many are asking where exactly...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 30, 2012
Before it struck the US Gulf Coast as a hurricane, Isaac blew through southern Haiti, leaving at least two dozen dead and concerns the rains it brought could lead to an uptick in cholera cases.
Medicins Sans Frontieres says it will be difficult t...
Al Jazeera English
| Aug 24, 2012
Tropical storm Isaac is hurtling toward Haiti, a country still devastated by a massive earthquake two and a half years ago. The deforested mountains around the capital, Port-au-Prince, make it vulnerable to flash flooding. Thousands of quake sur...
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...other. When they move, they cause tremors in the crust, known as an earthquake. Earthquake magnitude is measured by the Richter scale, based on ...