Haiti wonders what's next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to quell gang violence, hopes were high
As Haiti's gangs take control, another plague erupts: sexual violence
Human Rights Watch reports that sexual violence has become yet another escalating and "horrific" tool of the gangs that keep spreading their power in Haiti. Some 4,000 women and girls have reported being raped by gang members just this year,
Haiti: 21,000 children displaced in 2 weeks as gang violence intensifies
Gang violence has forced many children to seek refuge in overcrowded schools repurposed as shelters or with host families, often with little to no access to clean water, food, or healthcare.
Over 20,000 displaced by gang violence in Haiti: UN agency
More than 20,000 people have been displaced across Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince in four days, a UN agency said Saturday, as residents flee gang violence that has crippled the troubled Caribbean nation.
UN denies it is leaving Haiti to gang violence
"We want to emphasize that the UN is not leaving Haiti," Haq said in response to reports the world body was moving personnel out of the country. "We continue supporting the Haitian people and authorities,
Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges and a new prime minister is sworn in
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s international airport shut down on Monday after gangs opened fire at a commercial flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, prompting some airlines to temporarily suspend operations as the country swore in a new interim prime minister who promised to restore peace.
Haiti descends further into gang violence as Doctors Without Borders suspends operations
Gang violence surged in Haiti, with a paroxysm of bloodshed leaving at least 150 dead and driving the charity Doctors Without Borders to suspend its operations in the country. Haiti has been racked by armed groups who operate with impunity, unrestrained by a government that controls little of the nation’s actual territory.
UN Evacuates Staff From Haiti as Gangs Deepen Control Over Capital
United Nations evacuation flights are set to land in Panama City this week as the international organization removes staff from Haiti due to a sharp escalation in violence by armed gangs that have expanded their control over the capital Port-au-Prince.
U.N. reportedly evacuating some staff from Haiti amid gang violence
There are reports that the United Nations is evacuating a small number of staff in Haiti as gang violence escalates in Port-au-Prince. More than 40,000 people have been displaced from the capital in the last ten days according to U.
The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says
Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past
Intensified gang violence, U.S. flights ban leave Haitians with few options to flee
When Haiti orphanage founder and author Mitch Albom heard that U.S. commercial flights into the troubled Caribbean nation ...
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Gang Members Killed as Haiti Residents Support Police Fightback
Haitian gang were killed by police in Port-au-Prince after they launched an attack on the Pétionville neighborhood ...
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Rescuing Haiti from Gang Rule
Since January, nearly five thousand civilian deaths have occurred as a result of relentless gang warfare in Port-au-Prince, ...
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More than 100 suspected gang members have been killed as vigilantism grows in Haiti
At least 108 suspected gang members have been killed in Haiti over three days ... s findings are the first real ...
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Haiti wonders what's next as gang violence surges and UN peacekeeping mission flops
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to ...