A week of protests paralyzes academic life at Haiti's FDSE
Students at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences demand better learning conditions and criticize administrative management, according to Le Nouvelliste.
A student protest movement has paralyzed academic life for a week at the Faculty of Law and Economic Sciences (FDSE) in Pétion-Ville, Le Nouvelliste reported. Beginning Monday, October 12, 2026, academic activities gave way to placards inside the Faculty's premises, located in the former Bojeux buildings, according to the outlet. Students are demanding better learning conditions and denouncing the Faculty's administrative management, Le Nouvelliste said. One sign called for the presence of administrative staff at Bojeux, the site where courses are delivered. The building, described as a small structure with 15 classrooms, also serves as the operating location for two other entities of the State University of Haiti (UEH): the Faculty of Human Sciences (FASCH) and the Institute of African Studies and Research (IERAH), according to the report. The protest's impact on the other entities sharing the facility was not detailed in the available excerpt. Le Nouvelliste's full account was behind a registration wall, and further specifics on student demands, administration responses or the protest's duration were not available in the published excerpt. No official comment from Faculty or UEH leadership was reported in the text reviewed.