A Haitian from the diaspora killed in Pétion-ville

On the night of Thursday to Friday, Wilner Bobo (41), a Haitian-Canadian living in Montreal, who had been living in Haiti with members of his family for several weeks, has been victim of an armed robbery while he was returning from a party in Pétion-ville. Although offering no resistance and handing over his money to the thugs, the latter shot him dead before fleeing.

3 other innocent citizens shot dead

During the night of August 29 to 30, 3 people were killed by unidentified armed individuals, two in Bel-Air and one in Delmas 2.

New President of the National Media Association

On Saturday at the Montana hotel, the National Association of Haitian Media (ANNH) proceeded to elect a new President. It is the senior journalist Jacques Sampeur (sole candidate) also CEO of Radio Antilles Internationales (RAI) who was unanimously elected (for 2 years) as President of the association. He replaces Frantz Duval, editor-in-chief of the daily Le Nouvelliste.

Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe :

"I welcome the election of the CEO of Radio Antilles Internationales Jacques Sampeur at the head of the National Association of Haitian Media and I take this opportunity to congratulate the outgoing President Frantz Duval who has done a remarkable job during his two-year mandate," Prime Minister Joseph Jouthe.

Messages of Condolence

American Chamber of Commerce in Haiti

It is with immense sadness and indignation that the American Chamber of Commerce in Haiti (AmCham Haiti) learned of the assassination of the President of the Bar of Port-au-Prince, Me Monferrier Dorval, which took place in his residence on August 28, 2020 https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-31661-icihaiti-pelerin-5-assassination-of-the-president-of-the-bar-of-port-au-prince.html . Amcham Haiti expresses its deep sympathies to his family, his colleagues at the Bar of Port-au-Prince, his friends and his students. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31668-haiti-insecurity-rain-of-reactions-around-the-assassination-of-me-monferrier-dorval.html

Fritz Deshommes, Rector of the UEH

The Rectorate of the State University of Haiti (UEH) learned with amazement and deep bitterness, the villainous assassination of Professor Monferrier Dorval, President of the Bar of Port-au-Prince https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-31661-icihaiti-pelerin-5-assassination-of-the-president-of-the-bar-of-port-au-prince.html . The Rectorate, on behalf of the university community, welcomes the departure of this great professor of constitutional law and this eminent intellectual who has contributed enormously to the training of several generations of students of the State University of Haiti. Fritz Deshommes, the Rector of the UEH presents his sympathies to his family, to his colleagues in the basoche, to his friends and to all those affected by this completely unexpected death. See also : https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-31668-haiti-insecurity-rain-of-reactions-around-the-assassination-of-me-monferrier-dorval.html

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