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Prayerful, playful, mystical: Some of AP’s most compelling religion photos of 2024
5 days, 2 hours ago

Prayerful, playful, mystical: Some of AP’s most compelling religion photos of 2024

Associated Press  

Fittingly, in photographs depicting aspects of faith, it’s often the light that is most riveting. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A riverboat carrying the Eucharist cruises down the Ohio River between Wellsburg, West Virginia, and Brilliant, Ohio, Sunday, June 23, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest …

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Haiti hospital attacked by armed men, four operating rooms destroyed
5 days, 12 hours ago

Haiti hospital attacked by armed men, four operating rooms destroyed

Firstpost  

The U.N. humanitarian affairs agency warned earlier this year that Haiti’s health system was ’nearing collapse,’ with violence increasingly putting doctors and medical services in harm’s way Armed men attacked and partially destroyed a hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, a hospital director told Reuters on Tuesday, amid a wave of escalating violence that prompted Doctors Without Borders to suspend operations …

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Caring for patients from conflict zones
1 week ago

Caring for patients from conflict zones

Salon  

In recent months, I’ve taken a growing interest in reading the accounts of health care workers from conflict zones, areas of the world caught in a crossfire of warring factions, where men, women, and children bear the collateral damage wrought by bombs and bullets. Health care workers’ harrowing stories are some of the most unvarnished ones we have to hear, …

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Haiti’s new prime minister promises security to a country reeling from recent massacres
1 week, 3 days ago

Haiti’s new prime minister promises security to a country reeling from recent massacres

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s prime minister held his first press conference Thursday since being appointed more than a month ago to oversee the troubled Caribbean country reeling from recent massacres as Haitians demand government protection. As soon as someone wakes up in the morning, they’re scared, and they step out…not knowing if they’ll make it back home.” Fils-Aimé, a businessman …

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Haiti’s main international airport reopens a month after gang gunfire forced it to close
1 week, 5 days ago

Haiti’s main international airport reopens a month after gang gunfire forced it to close

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s main international airport reopened on Wednesday to commercial flights, one month after gangs opened fire on planes. Police officers patrol near the Toussaint Louverture International Airport on the day it reopened in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print The violence, coupled with alleged …

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What could Trump’s return to the White House mean for Latin America?
1 week, 5 days ago

What could Trump’s return to the White House mean for Latin America?

Al Jazeera  

Analysts say US President-elect Donald Trump’s second term is poised to bolster far-right groups and strain trade ties. Trump has already signalled he may lean on Latin American countries to stem the flow of cross-border migration and leverage the region’s economic ties to accomplish the goals of his “Make America Great Again” platform, which calls for stringent border security and …

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Haitians demand protection after gang leader massacres dozens of people to avenge son’s death
1 week, 5 days ago

Haitians demand protection after gang leader massacres dozens of people to avenge son’s death

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A gang leader accused of killing more than 100 people in Haiti’s capital to avenge his son’s death was still persecuting residents on Tuesday, according to a rare witness account. Mackenson Cangé, whose father was among the victims, told Magik9 radio station that residents in the gang-controlled area said gunmen were still hunting down older people and …

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Gang leader accused of massacring more than 100 old people in revenge attack
1 week, 6 days ago

Gang leader accused of massacring more than 100 old people in revenge attack

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Haiti’s government in a statement Monday acknowledged the …

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Haiti gang kills 180 people, mostly elderly, over suspicion of black magic
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1 week, 6 days ago

Haiti gang kills 180 people, mostly elderly, over suspicion of black magic

India Today  

Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft. The National Human Rights Defense Network, an NGO in Haiti that monitors state institutions and promotes human rights …

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Desperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in Cages
2 weeks ago

Desperate Haitians Who Fled to the Dominican Republic Are Being Sent Back in Cages

New York Times  

Cage-like trucks fitted with iron bars that appear designed to carry livestock line up every morning at the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The vehicles at the Elias Piña border crossing are not loaded with cattle, but with Haitians being deported by the Dominican immigration authorities. Rose-Mieline Florvil, 24, who lived in the Dominican Republic for less than …

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Haiti gang kills 184 people over witchcraft accusation, UN says
2 weeks ago

Haiti gang kills 184 people over witchcraft accusation, UN says

Al Jazeera  

The killings are a personal vendetta of a gang boss who believes witchcraft caused his son’s death, rights groups say. At least 184 people were killed over the weekend in one of the poorest neighbourhoods of Haiti’s capital, the United Nations says, with human rights groups attributing the killings to a personal vendetta by a local gang leader. Haiti’s government …

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Kenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven’t been paid in months
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Kenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven’t been paid in months

Associated Press  

NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti have gone unpaid for three months. The police inspector general, Douglas Kanja, on Thursday said officers in Haiti had been paid “up to the end of October.” He was reacting to Kenyan media reports citing deployed officers who …

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Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mission fights back
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mission fights back

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — An armored vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-caliber bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of violence the officers face almost daily in Port-au-Prince. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A Kenyan police officer part of a UN-backed multinational force runs …

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20 Kenyan police officers in Haiti resign over pay delays, poor conditions
2 weeks, 3 days ago

20 Kenyan police officers in Haiti resign over pay delays, poor conditions

Firstpost  

Nearly 20 of the roughly 400 Kenyan police officers serving in Haiti on a U.N.-backed anti-gang force have submitted letters of resignation from the mission over the past two months because of pay delays and poor conditions, according to a report A Kenyan police officer patrols as the country is facing emergency food insecurity while immersed in a social and …

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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
2 weeks, 3 days ago

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Associated Press  

Nov. 29 - Dec. 5, 2024 Botafogo overcame playing with 10 men to win its first Copa Libertadores title after beating fellow Brazilian side Atletico Mineiro 3-1 in the final at Monumental de Nunez Stadium. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Bee rescuer Alfredo Santiago removes a colony of bees from a house …

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Haiti’s multinational police mission denies reports of unpaid wages
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Haiti’s multinational police mission denies reports of unpaid wages

Al Jazeera  

Kenyan-led force hits back after report states that nearly 20 officers have resigned from the force due to unpaid wages. A United Nations-backed security mission to Haiti, led by Kenyan forces, has denied reports that some of its officers have gone months without pay. In a statement on Friday, the Multinational Security Support Mission to Haiti said that it “categorically …

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Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Millions of tons of plastic foul the world around us

Associated Press  

On a Philippines beach, barefoot children jumped and played on shoals of plastic washed ashore in previous typhoons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print People store various waste materials in plastic sacks for sorting out in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn …

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Presidents have used immigration ‘parole’ since the 1950s. Now it could disappear under Trump
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Presidents have used immigration ‘parole’ since the 1950s. Now it could disappear under Trump

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Cuba’s at one of its lowest points since the 1959 revolution, with nationwide scarcity fueling massive emigration, occasional protests and government crackdowns. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print FILE - Venezuelan migrant Alvaro Calderini carries his niece across a river near Bajo Chiquito, …

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‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’: The anti-apartheid photographer who turned his lens on Black America
54 years, 11 months ago

‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’: The anti-apartheid photographer who turned his lens on Black America

CNN  

CNN — Ernest Cole was dying. A brief obituary in the New York Times mentions Cole’s seminal work, “House of Bondage,” a shocking exposé of apartheid in the 1950s and ’60s. Courtesy Magnolia Pictures This story has been given life by filmmaker Raoul Peck and actor LaKeith Stanfield, both Oscar nominees, in the documentary “Ernest Cole: Lost and Found.” The …

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Prominent Haitian politician condemns French president for calling leaders ‘total morons’
4 weeks ago

Prominent Haitian politician condemns French president for calling leaders ‘total morons’

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A member of Haiti’s transitional presidential council has publicly criticized remarks by French President Emmanuel Macron, who was caught on camera calling the Caribbean country’s leaders “total morons.” The council’s former president, Edgard Leblanc Fils, said in a statement late Sunday that Macron had insulted an entire nation “living through dark times.” Macron was filmed making the …

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The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says
4 weeks ago

The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past year, according to a report released Monday by UNICEF. Currently, between 30% to 50% of all gang members in the violence-wracked country are children, according to the U.N. “This is a very concerning trend,” …

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UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’
4 weeks ago

UN evacuation in Haiti, police assault stronghold of gang leader ‘Barbecue’

Al Jazeera  

Insecurity in Haiti is rising again, forcing embassies and United Nations agencies to evacuate the capital amid gang-fuelled violence. “The critical humanitarian programmes in Port-au-Prince as well as support for the Haitian people and authorities continue.” Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, also announced late last week that it was suspending critical care in Port-au-Prince as it …

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Gang recruitment of Haitian children soars by 70 percent: UN
4 weeks ago

Gang recruitment of Haitian children soars by 70 percent: UN

Al Jazeera  

Haitian gangs increasingly target children, using them as informants, fighters, and forced labor, says UNICEF report. “Children in Haiti are trapped in a vicious cycle – recruited into the very armed groups that are fueling their desperation, and the numbers are growing,” said UNICEF executive director and Inter-Agency Standing Committee principal advocate for Haiti, Catherine Russell. “This unacceptable trend must …

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Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops

Associated Press  

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations and the main international airport had crippled the country’s capital and forced the prime minister to resign, plunging Haiti into an unprecedented crisis. Share Share Copy …

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