Haiti

UN soldiers are thought to have inadvertently started a cholera epidemic in the poverty-stricken island. Channel 4 News reports from the beleaguered country – four years after the earthquake.

On 12 January 2010, Haiti – one of the world’s poorest nations – suffered a catastrophic earthquake affecting an estimated 3 million people. Four years on, the Caribbean country is still suffering.

It is a familiar cry at any vote: it’s been rigged! As accusations of farce are thrown at Zimbabwe’s contest, Channel 4 News looks at a few of the more audacious election heists in recent history.

Haiti’s sorrows seem never-ending. Two years after the earthquake that killed hundreds of thousands, Hurricane Sandy devastated the Caribbean nation. And now there are severe food shortages.

While the world’s media focuses on the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the United States, parts of Cuba and much of Haiti have been devastated by the storm.

The International Space Station captured hurricane Sandy from space on Thursday. It shows the swirling cloud around the category two storm over the Caribbean. Video courtesy of NASA.

Tropical storm Sandy is likely to become a hurricane before hitting Jamaica on Wednesday. Damaging winds and 5-10 inches of rain could cause flash floods. Video courtesy of Naval Research Lab.

Hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean’s charity – which raised $16m after the 2010 Haiti earthquake – is bankrupt and being investigated for fraud.

Tropical Storm Isaac is bearing down on the US after bringing torrential rain to Haiti, where thousands of earthquake victims are still living in tents.

What’s happening in Haiti? Two years after the island nation was left in ruins by a catastrophic earthquake, Channel 4 News reporter Inigo Gilmore returns to find hope finally rising from the rubble.

Defence analyst Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses where conflicts are most likely to erupt over the next 12 months.

With Tropical Storm Emily on course to hit Haiti, the country is bracing itself for further misery as it struggles to recover from last year’s devastating earthquake.

Exclusive: Hundreds of girls and women have been raped in Haiti’s makeshift refugee camps and, as Channel 4 News reporter Inigo Gilmore reveals, their attackers are rarely punished.

Haiti on Tuesday briefly detained former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, back from exile in France on possible charges.

Our Chief Correspondent, Alex Thomson, reports on the latest bizarre developments in the return of Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier to Haiti.