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All UN flights to Haiti suspended due to worsening situation: spokesperson
1 month, 1 week ago

All UN flights to Haiti suspended due to worsening situation: spokesperson

China Daily  

A police officer holds a sniffer dog at a checkpoint on the perimeter of Toussaint Louverture International Airport, as the Federal Aviation Administration said it will bar US airlines from operating in Haiti for 30 days, after two commercial jetliners were struck by gunfire on Monday, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti November 12, 2024. UNITED NATIONS -- All UN flights to Haiti …

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Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Transitional council in Haiti embraces new changes following turmoil as gang violence grips country

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that surprised many as gang violence consumes the country. … It is something that is very rare in Haitian politics.” The four members who will share power are original council president Edgard Leblanc Fils, ex-senator Louis Gérald Gilles, …

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Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic’ gang violence , UN expert says
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic’ gang violence , UN expert says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle “catastrophic” gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U.N. rights expert for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation said Thursday. O’Neill spoke at a news conference launching a U.N. Human Rights Office report he helped produce which called …

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Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence
9 months ago

Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence

The Independent  

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Haiti Violence: How My Trips Around The Caribbean Nation Showed A Different Side
9 months ago

Haiti Violence: How My Trips Around The Caribbean Nation Showed A Different Side

The Quint  

Wide open spaces and created gardens were everywhere and no bullying traffic, no ghettos, no trappings of poverty and ignorance were in sight. Here, the hills were clothed in lush mahogany and tropical oak forests, and we saw nothing of the naked, vulnerable, ravaged landscape, stripped of its tree cover by hungry peasants that dominates Haiti. Each time the churning …

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A timeline of Haiti's gang violence and how the country got to where it is
9 months, 2 weeks ago

A timeline of Haiti's gang violence and how the country got to where it is

The Independent  

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A timeline of Haiti’s gang violence and how the country got to where it is
9 months, 2 weeks ago

A timeline of Haiti’s gang violence and how the country got to where it is

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti is once again facing a wave of chaos fueled by ongoing gang wars, which have spiraled since the 2021 assassination of the country’s president. As gangs continue to rampage across Haiti, the country’s embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry remains blocked out of the country due to the closing of the airport. January 2023 — After Haiti’s …

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Kenya and Haiti sign agreements to try and salvage plan to deploy Kenyan police to battle gangs
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kenya and Haiti sign agreements to try and salvage plan to deploy Kenyan police to battle gangs

The Independent  

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UN appeals for $674 million as gang violence in Haiti escalates with killings and sexual violence
9 months, 3 weeks ago

UN appeals for $674 million as gang violence in Haiti escalates with killings and sexual violence

The Independent  

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Gang violence is surging to unprecedented levels in Haiti, UN envoy says
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Gang violence is surging to unprecedented levels in Haiti, UN envoy says

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — An unprecedented surge in gang violence is plaguing Haiti, with the number of victims killed, injured and kidnapped more than doubling last year, the U.N. special envoy for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nations said Thursday. In a grim briefing, Maria Isabel Salvador told the U.N. Security Council, “I cannot overstress the severity of the situation in Haiti, where …

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Over a dozen alleged gang members stoned, burned alive as violence sweeps Haiti's capital
1 year, 7 months ago

Over a dozen alleged gang members stoned, burned alive as violence sweeps Haiti's capital

ABC  

More than a dozen suspected gang members were stoned and burned alive by residents in Port-au-Prince earlier this week, as the UN warned that insecurity in the Haitian capital has reached levels similar to countries at war. Armed gangs "continued to compete to expand their territorial control throughout the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area, spreading to previously unaffected neighbourhoods," said the report, …

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As Haitian gangs expand control, cop’s family is left shaken
1 year, 11 months ago

As Haitian gangs expand control, cop’s family is left shaken

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Every day when Marie Carmel Daniel’s husband put on his flak vest and walked out the door for another day of fighting Haiti’s gangs, she wondered if he would come home that night. One of the country’s nearly 200 gangs ambushed his police unit that morning, sending gunfire echoing through the streets in an unexpected area — …

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Haiti prepares to roll out first cholera vaccines
2 years ago

Haiti prepares to roll out first cholera vaccines

Al Jazeera  

Initial shipment of more than 1.1 million cholera jabs to be distributed in areas with most reported cases, PAHO says. The Haitian government is expected to launch a cholera vaccination campaign this week, the World Health Organization and local officials have said after the Caribbean nation received its first shipment of jabs. The country received an initial shipment of approximately …

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Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars
2 years, 2 months ago

Haiti at breaking point as economy tanks and violence soars

The Independent  

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Gangs strangle Haiti’s capital as deaths, kidnappings soar
2 years, 7 months ago

Gangs strangle Haiti’s capital as deaths, kidnappings soar

Associated Press  

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — It was about 6 a.m. when Venique Moïse flung open the door of her house and saw dozens of people running — their children in one hand and scant belongings in the other — as gunfire intensified. “We are talking about something that Haiti hasn’t experienced before.” At least 92 civilians and 96 suspected gang members were …

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UN raises concern over Haitian gangs’ recruitment of children
2 years, 7 months ago

UN raises concern over Haitian gangs’ recruitment of children

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of people have been displaced and dozens killed as gang violence escalates in Haiti’s capital, officials say. The United Nations has expressed concern over the recruitment of children by Haitian gangs, as escalating violence in the capital, Port-au-Prince, has forced thousands from their homes and killed dozens of civilians. The UN in Haiti “condemns the armed gang violence ongoing …

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Haiti PM flees under gunfire as violence continues to grip nation
2 years, 11 months ago

Haiti PM flees under gunfire as violence continues to grip nation

Al Jazeera  

Ariel Henry was marking Haitian independence day on Saturday when gunfire erupted in northern city of Gonaives. “We cannot let bandits from any background, driven by the lowest financial interests, blackmail the state,” said Henry, who has been de-facto running the country since the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise. ‘Bandits and terrorists’ Reached by The Associated Press news agency, …

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US missionaries abducted in Haiti as kidnapping epidemic worsens
3 years, 2 months ago

US missionaries abducted in Haiti as kidnapping epidemic worsens

ABC  

A group of 17 US missionaries, including children, has been kidnapped by a gang in Haiti, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organisation with direct knowledge of the incident. Key points: The mission's field director is working with the US embassy to get the missionaries back The kidnapping came days after the US pledged …

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Haiti: Many questions, few answers one month after Moise killing
3 years, 4 months ago

Haiti: Many questions, few answers one month after Moise killing

Al Jazeera  

Haiti has asked the UN to launch an international investigation into President Jovenel Moise’s assassination on July 7. But one month after a crew of armed mercenaries stormed Moise’s home in the capital, Port-au-Prince, myriad questions remain unanswered about what took place – and about what path forward Haiti should chart. “I hope that the UN is going to respond …

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Haiti: Thousands displaced as gang violence, insecurity escalate
3 years, 6 months ago

Haiti: Thousands displaced as gang violence, insecurity escalate

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of women and children have been displaced by gang violence in the Haitian capital this month, the United Nations’ child rights agency has said, warning that a growing number of families in Port-au-Prince now lack clean water and other necessities. Rights groups have urged the Haitian authorities to do more to protect civilians, while a leading United States congressman …

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