Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For months, Haiti’s criminal gangs have been pushing the country’s capital further into chaos, forcing the shutdown of public ...

Only 10 percent of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, remains under the control of the Haitian government. And even this last stronghold is now on the verge of collapse, putting the entire population at ...

The storied leaders of the Haitian Revolution that erupted in 1791 and led to the country’s independence in 1804—Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, and Henry Christophe—are giants of world ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As violent gangs move to take full possession of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the U.S. is advising Americans not to travel to Haiti — prompting security ...

The first work of theater devoted to the life of Henry Christophe was staged in 1821, only a year or so after Christophe took his own life. Since that time, as the brilliant Yale historian Marlene L.

For months, Haiti’s criminal gangs have been pushing the country’s capital further into chaos, forcing the shutdown of public offices and schools and sending tens of thousands of people under a hail ...

As we continue to mark Black History Month, we're shining a light on Haiti's first and only king. From enslaved child to revolutionary war hero, Henry Christophe's life was anything but ordinary.