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Haiti postpones presidential elections over security concerns

Edit Xinhua 22 Jan 2016
SANTO DOMINGO, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- Haiti's electoral authority on Friday postponed presidential elections slated for Sunday citing security reasons ... Over 1,000 people marched through central Port-au-Prince and outside the U.S ... Furthermore, a polling station in the eastern department of Savanette was set on fire and armed men stole electoral materials in Fond-Parisien ... 25. Editor. yan. ....

Haiti cancels Sunday presidential runoff elections

Edit The Miami Herald 22 Jan 2016
Amid escalating violent protests and attacks on electoral offices around the country, Haitian elections officials Friday afternoon abruptly canceled Sunday’s planned presidential and partial legislative runoffs. “Jan ... news conference at the council’s headquarters in Petionville ... It was torched Friday morning ... “Masked individuals fired upon the voting center in Savanette this morning,” he said ... The announcement took many by surprise....

Haiti's election violence leaves 2 dead

Edit Press TV 11 Aug 2015
This is while the president of the nation’s Fusion Party, Edmonde Supplice Beauzile, announced that the son of a party supporter was killed in the town of Savanette in central Haiti without elaborating on the cause of death. She further added that two members of her party were also injured ... The legislative chambers have remained empty since then ... ....

Disorder, delays mar Haiti's long-awaited election

Edit Jamaica Observer 10 Aug 2015
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Most polling stations closed in Haiti's long-delayed legislative elections yesterday, after the vote was marred by delays and sporadic disturbances that forced dozens of voting centres closed ... There were also reports that three polling stations had been torched in the central Savanette department, according to the head of the Fusion party, Edmonde Supplice Beauzile ... ....

Violent incidents disrupt Haiti legislative elections

Edit Taipei Times 10 Aug 2015
Haiti carried out long-delayed legislative elections on Sunday, in a step toward restoring constitutional order, although sporadic disturbances forced dozens of voting centers to close doors ... There were also reports that three polling stations had been torched in the central Savanette area, according to Fusion of Haitian Social Democrats head Edmonde Supplice Beauzile ... Polls opened at 6am, and most closed at 4pm ... ....

USAID Administrator Shah Announces $2 Million Collaboration with Partners in Health Local Haitian Affiliate ZanmiLasante (USAID - US Agency for International Development)

Edit noodls 14 Dec 2014
USAID and PIH will collaborate on a three-year program, to be implemented by ZanmiLasante along the Cerca la Source/Savanette border, to provide and reinforce integrated services for the prevention of HIV/AIDS and reduce the incidence of HIV infections in populations along the Haiti and Dominican Republic border, while also integrating family ......
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