An international human rights monitor urged Haitian authorities to bring former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier to justice for alleged human rights abuses committed during his 15-year rule.
An 18-year-old Haitian man allegedly assaulted by troops serving as U.N. peacekeepers in the Caribbean nation is traumatized and receiving medical care, according to a spokesman for Haitian President Michel Martelly.
Uruguay recalls five peacekeepers from Haiti after cell phone video of an alleged assault appeared online.
He had grand plans on how to rebuild his broken land, but Haitian President Michel Martelly can't even get over the first hurdle: forming a government.
Two weeks after Haiti's devastating earthquake, Daniel Rouzier stood in front of heaps of bodies, dumped unceremoniously in the valleys of Titanyen. He clutched a mahogany rosary and covered his face with a sterile mask -- the stench of decomposing human flesh carried with the breeze.
A Haitian shocked by a CNN report on mass graves gets a priest to give Christian burials. CNN's Joe Johns reports.
Music icon Wyclef Jean and Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda on raising money to aid Haiti.
Even before he was officially declared president, Michel Martelly was making the rounds in Washington.
Haiti has an opportunity to address the worst crimes of its past in prosecuting former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, a leading human rights monitoring agency says.
Exiled former Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he's ready to provide aid for Haiti and rejoin his people.
Flamboyant carnival musician Michel Martelly edged out former Haitian first lady Mirlande Manigat in a pivotal presidential runoff vote held last month, according to preliminary results released Monday.
Fraud has forced Haiti's election council to delay results of a highly anticipated runoff intended to decide the next leader of the troubled Caribbean nation.
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean heard "the sound of the boom" and then realized he was "grazed by a bullet" in Port-au-Prince Saturday night, the eve of Haiti's presidential runoff election, Jean told CNN.
Musician Wyclef Jean talks about being "grazed by a bullet" while in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Haitians are choosing between a former first lady and a popular musician in a pivotal presidential runoff vote.
Voting in the second round of Haiti's presidential runoff was mostly calm Sunday, although two shooting deaths were linked to election violence, according to the head of Haiti's national police.
On a tarmac seven years ago in the Central African Republic, exiled Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide invoked the name of Toussaint L'Ouverture, the slave general who led the Haitian revolution.
Snubbing the United States, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide returned home from exile Friday, just ahead of a critical runoff election.
After seven years in exile, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will be back in his homeland Friday, two days ahead of a highly anticipated election, his U.S. attorney said.
A lawyer for former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide scoffed Monday at a U.S. government warning that his client's planned return to Haiti from South Africa could disrupt elections scheduled for Sunday.
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide will end his exile and return to Haiti within the next week or so, ahead of the country's elections, his lawyer told CNN Saturday.
A lawyer for Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the former Haitian leader living in exile in South Africa, on Saturday pressed the government his client once led to show it is actively taking steps to bring him home.
Former Haitian first lady Mirlande Manigat will face popular musician Michel Martelly in the second round of presidential elections in Haiti, the electoral commission announced Thursday. The government-backed candidate, Jude Celestin, was eliminated from the race.
A Swiss law that took effect Tuesday blocked millions of dollars held in bank accounts belonging to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, who made a stunning return to his homeland last month.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton returned early Monday from a one-day visit to Haiti with major concerns about the Caribbean nation's presidential elections.
In December 2010, protesters in Haiti set fires in response to an announcement of a presidential runoff election.
On her way to Haiti, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Sunday that the United States wouldn't cut aid to the economically and politically unsettled Caribbean nation -- despite major concerns about its recent and upcoming presidential elections.
Haiti's political crisis will not be resolved until well into spring as the nation's election panel announced a timetable for a runoff and subsequent vote tally.
Haiti's ruling party is no longer supporting its presidential candidate, whose disputed second-place finish led to violent post-election demonstrations on the streets.
December 2010: Anderson Cooper talks to Sean Penn about the protests in Haiti that have turned violent and even deadly.
The State Department is revoking the visas of a number of Haitian government officials believed to be connected with violence or corruption during the country's disputed first round of presidential elections in November.
CNN's Nadia Bilchik talks to Randi Kaye about the return to Haiti of Baby Doc Duvalier, and the legacy of his father.
The human rights group Amnesty International said Friday that Haitian authorities are launching a probe into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 15-year rule of former dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier.
On the heels of an exiled despot's arrival in Port-au-Prince, former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says he is ready to return to help his troubled homeland, an idea welcomed by some and reviled by others who fear a deepening crisis.
Haiti's former leader was charged with several crimes but it's not clear what those charges are. John Zarrella reports.
Jean-Claude Duvalier's attorney says the former Haitian dictator plans to stay in Haiti to answer accusations.
The sun had not risen yet on that February day in 1986 when Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier's eight-vehicle motorcade of luxury cars and jeeps arrived at the Port-au-Prince airport, then named for his father.
Though he faces charges of financial wrongdoing and possibly human rights abuses, former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier has no plans to leave his homeland, one of his lawyers said Wednesday.
Boby Duval, who was imprisoned in Haiti under "Baby Doc" Duvalier's dictatorship, shares his story with Anderson Cooper.
The return to Haiti this week of Jean-Claude Duvalier, the scion of a family dictatorship that misruled that Caribbean nation for 29 years, is a sharp reminder of how impunity remains a significant stumbling block as Haitians try to construct a more just and equitable society.
Extraordinary drama unfolded Tuesday in Port-au-Prince as charges were filed against former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, government sources told CNN.
Former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier remained huddled inside his hotel Monday, as the reasons behind his unexpected return to Haiti and what he hopes to accomplish there remain unclear.
I've worked in Port-au-Prince for nearly a year, but yesterday was the first time I've seen large-scale rubble removal in this collapsed city. As I stood next to the owner of a house that had been finally demolished and watched the remains being carted away by massive earth-moving machines, I felt thrilled -- but frustrated, too.
Haiti's economy is getting a boost thanks to a venture with one of Korea's largest companies that promises to bring 20,000 garment industry jobs to a new industrial park in the north of the country.
A much-awaited review of Haiti's disputed presidential election made public on Tuesday suggests the government-backed candidate should be eliminated from contention.
Haitian officials, awaiting a review of preliminary election results, have postponed a runoff vote, originally scheduled for January 16, to decide the troubled nation's next president.
International officials have asked Haitian President Rene Preval to delay the announcement of final election results which were due to be out Monday.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton dismissed the idea of halting direct aid to Haiti in light of election turmoil there, but she warned Haitian leaders that the international community expects more from them.
Scientists say the cholera in Haiti is linked to a South Asian strain, which suggests it did not originate in Haiti.
Protests erupted around the Haitian capital Tuesday night after an election council announced a runoff between a former first lady and a candidate allied with an increasingly unpopular government.
A French doctor's report suggests that the strain of cholera ravaging Haiti may have originated with United Nations peacekeepers from Nepal, but U.N. officials and others cautioned that the report was inconclusive.
Two-thirds of the candidates in Haiti's presidential race, including one of the front-runners, denounced Sunday's national elections and called for a complete annulment of the vote due to irregularities and ballot-box stuffing.
Candidates wound up a flurry of election campaigning before a midnight deadline Friday night amid reports of a violent attack on one of the candidates' campaigns.
Within a year that saw a massive earthquake, a spreading cholera epidemic and recurring signs of government instability, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere is gearing up for its latest battle: presidential elections.
The convoy of a leading Haitian presidential candidate came under attack from gunmen, the candidate's sister said Tuesday.
The United Nations criticized the international response to the Haiti cholera outbreak as inadequate on Saturday, saying donors had pledged only about ten percent of the money needed to curb the disease.
CNN's Ivan Watson reports angry locals are attacking U.N. peacekeepers who they blame for Haiti's cholera epidemic.
While the United Nations warned that protests were hampering efforts to save lives in the Haiti cholera outbreak, a leading non-profit group lashed out at organizations for what it called an "inadequate" response.
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean said Sunday he will contest a pronouncement from Haitian election officials ruling him ineligible to run for president of Haiti.
Haitian election officials have rejected hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean's bid to run for president of the Caribbean nation.
Wyclef Jean says he was not given a specific reason as to why he was ruled inelgible to run for president of Haiti.
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is not on the list of candidates approved by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council to run in this year's presidential election.
Hip-hop singer Wyclef Jean is not on the list of candidates approved by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council to run in this year's presidential election.
The musician is out of the running for living in New Jersey and not on the island
Hip-hop singer and Haiti presidential hopeful Wyclef Jean pushed back on news reports Thursday that he is not on the list of candidates approved to run in this year's presidential election.
The musician is reportedly in hiding in the Caribbean nation as he awaits ruling on his presidential run
Hip-hop star Wyclef Jean announces on Larry King Live that he plans to run for president of Haiti
Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean says he has submitted the necessary paperwork to run for president of Haiti, a country he left when he was a child.
Penn criticizes the singer's candidacy; Jean retorts by saying he's qualified and not acting on emotion
Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean told CNN's "Larry King Live" on Thursday he is running for president of Haiti.
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