The number of Haitian merchants who died in a truck accident outside the Caribbean nation’s capital climbed to 26, the government said.

President Michel Martelly displayed his Haitian passport on national television to try to quell rumours that he gave up his citizenship and is not eligible to hold office.

A group of Irish peacemakers has helped resolve gang warfare in disaster-hit Haiti.

Haitians marked the second anniversary of the devastating 2010 earthquake with church services across the deeply religious country on a national holiday of remembrance.

Haiti’s Senate has approved Garry Conille as Prime Minister, with authorities hoping the appointment will jump-start stalled earthquake reconstruction efforts.

A prominent banker who was credited with modernising Haiti's banking system was fatally shot in his home, police said.