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When asked if he had ever used Yéle money for personal benefits, Cultural Rhythms 2010 Artist of the Year Wyclef Jean tearfully replied, "absolutely not." Few doubt that Jean, Fugees star and Yéle Haiti Foundation founder, cares about the Haitian people, but many are raising questions about financial decisions made at the Yéle Haiti Foundation that have steered money towards Jean and his associates including, as Gawker reports, his rumored mistress, Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus...
...Smoking Gun, a Web site that posts legal documents online, reported that Jean and his business associates received $410,000 in payments from Yéle Haiti from 2005 to 2007. According to Yéle Haiti's tax returns, the charity paid out $31,200 in rent to Platinum Sound, a recording studio co-owned by Jean; $100,000 for the "musical performance services of Wyclef Jean at a benefit concert;" and $250,000 to Telemax, S.A., "a for-profit Haiti company in which Jean and Duplessis were said to 'own a controlling interest...
...Gawker has reported that Yéle Haiti paid Zakiya Khatou-Chevassus, Jean's personal assistant and rumored mistress, $105,000 for "program development" as an independent contractor in 2008. Khatou-Chevassus' compensation represents one third of Yéle Haiti's 2008 budget for management and general expenses and three times the salary of Suzie Sylvain, Yéle Haiti's dedicated program director, according to Gawker...
Despite failed ballot-counting systems and allegations of fraud, Faure Gnassingbe, son of Togo's former dictator, declared victory after the nation's March 4 presidential election. Supporters of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Fabre held demonstrations that were quickly broken up by police wielding tear gas and water cannons. Gnassingbe's family has ruled Togo for 43 years; he has led since...
...elections aren't or can't be held this year, parliamentarians are considering other options to fill the governmental vacuum. One, says Senator Jeanty Jean Williams of the southern Nippes department, is that the current legislature create a "regional state council," with 30 members chosen from designated civic groups around the country. That body's job in turn would be to help put together a "national state council" to act as a sort of interim parliament until formal legislative elections can take place, perhaps next year. "That is the most popular alternative," says Williams, "because of its [regional] inclusiveness...