With rituals involving music, dance, and offerings, Vodou fosters a reciprocal relationship between practitioners and the divine. Despite misconceptions, it remains a vital force in Haitian ...

Haitian Vodou, an African diasporic religion that developed between the 16th and 19th centuries, merged Western and Central African traditions with Roman Catholicism. Its divine creator, Bondye, is ...

At the end of his Sunday service, the pastor of the First Haitian Evangelical Church of Springfield, Ohio, asked ushers and musicians to form a circle around him as he knelt in prayer, flanked by ...

In the diasporic religion of Haitian, Dominican and Louisiana vodou/voodoo, there are spirits called lwa that speak to humans in dreams and divinity. There are Petwo and Rada lwa, meant to ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A street vendor walks past a poster welcoming Colombian President Gustavo Petro for a one-day visit, in ...

Nevertheless Colombian President Gustavo Petro doesn’t seem to be letting any of it stop him from visiting Haiti. Petro is scheduled to arrive in Haiti on Wednesday, a country whose historic ...

Haiti is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security, the Special Representative and Head of the UN office in the country, BINUH, told the Security ...

Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...

They been preparing for this day since September when they became the focus of a national spotlight after Vice President JD Vance posted claims without evidence that Haitian immigrants were eating ...

Trump is also expected to discontinue “advanced” authorization of parole processes for “certain nationals” from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV), which provided a legal pathway ...

President-elect Donald Trump showed off his now-viral dance moves during a performance of “YMCA” by the Village People. AP Donald Trump showed off his now-famous dance move while grooving to ...

Kenyan President William Ruto said the plan is eventually to send 2,500 police officers to Haiti under the UN-backed mission. In Haiti, an additional 217 Kenyan police officers have been deployed ...