Dominican Republic to extend border wall with Haiti

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP) -- The Dominican Republic said on Monday that it was extending the concrete border wall that separates it from Haiti along their shared island of Hispaniola. Dominican President Luis Abinader has taken a tough line on migration from destitute and violence-plagued Haiti since coming to power in 2020. Abinader told a news conference on Monday that the wall in northwestern Dajabon province had already "reduced thefts of livestock, engines and vehicles in this r...