Cap-Haïtien and Ouidah Sign Cooperation and Twinning Agreement
The Haitian and Beninese cities formalized their partnership at a ceremony in Ouidah, Le Nouvelliste reported.
The cities of Cap-Haïtien and Ouidah have formalized their partnership with the official signing of a cooperation and twinning agreement, Le Nouvelliste reported. The document was signed Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at the town hall of Ouidah in Benin. According to the outlet, the accord was signed by Michel St-Croix, president of the municipal commission of Cap-Haïtien, and Christian Houétchénou, mayor of the commune of Ouidah. The signing took place in the presence of municipal authorities, diplomatic representatives and public figures from both countries, Le Nouvelliste said. The report indicated that the cooperation rests in part on the historical links between the two cities, though the full details of the agreement were not disclosed in the available excerpt. Ouidah is historically associated with the transatlantic slave trade, and Cap-Haïtien is a city central to Haiti's revolutionary heritage. St-Croix was previously installed at the head of Cap-Haïtien's interim municipal commission, according to Le Nouvelliste. Further specifics on the scope and implementation of the twinning arrangement were not available in the source material.