Gonaives was hardest hit in the latest tragedy to beset Haiti in a year of revolts, military interventions and devastating floods. Bodies, including many children, were stacked at the city's main ...

FILE - Wilfort Ferdinand, second left, talks with a member of his security team in Gonaives, March 6, 2004. (AP Photo/Walter Astrada, File) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A spokesman for Haiti’s ...

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Government officials and aid workers in Gonaives, Haiti, say the floods that have devastated the city and claimed hundreds of lives pose a growing health risk and potential for riots due to lack of ...

GONAIVES, Haiti — The U.N. World Food Program’s director flew to a Haitian city still encased in mud Friday to draw global attention to the ongoing disaster that has enormously complicated the country ...

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A spokesman for Haiti’s National Police says that officers killed former rebel leader Wilfort Ferdinand after they accused him of opening fire at a police checkpoint in the coastal town of Gonaïves ...