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Haiti gang massacres at least 110 people in Cite Soleil, rights group says
Reuters  |  Dec 09, 2024

Gang members killed at least 60 people on Friday and 50 on Saturday using machetes and knives.

Surrender or face inevitable force, Haiti police tell gang leader Barbecue
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 27, 2024

In addition to combatting the gangs, the MSS and PNH have been working alongside residents to address infrastructure challenges.

Haiti gangs recruiting more child soldiers, human rights report says
Reuters  |  Oct 09, 2024

Near-famine conditions push boys to pick up guns while girls are sexually abused and forced into domestic work in the Carribean nation.

Haiti PM travels to US as Kenyan police patrol capital
Reuters  |  Jun 29, 2024

The U.S. is the principal financial backer of a Kenya-led international security force the United Nations has ratified be sent to Haiti to help its po...

Haiti PM condemns killing of police officers in gang ambush
Reuters  |  Jun 11, 2024

A group of armed men working under gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque" Cherizier ambushed a patrol from the police's anti-gang unit in the Delmas 18 neighbou...

Act of faith: Kenya enlists evangelical pastors to guide Haiti mission
Reuters  |  Jun 05, 2024

For all their focus on the practical aspects of the deployment, Musasilwa and another pastor, Julius Suubi, said they were convinced Haiti's problems...

Haiti crisis: Gang violence drives thousands from capital, hunger sets in
AFP  |  Mar 23, 2024

Harrowing scenes played out as the tiny, Caribbean country continued to wait for the establishment of a promised transitional government meant to rest...

Haiti works at government transition as gang leader vows to fight on
AFP  |  Mar 14, 2024

Jimmy Cherizier, the powerful Haitian gang leader known as "Barbecue" said his coalition of armed groups "do not care about Ariel Henry's resignation....

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns
Amina Wako  |  Mar 12, 2024

Henry's resignation comes after regional leaders met earlier on Monday in nearby Jamaica to discuss a framework for a political transition.

Haiti capital a 'city under siege' amid spasm of gang violence
AFP  |  Mar 10, 2024

After months of delays, the UN Security Council finally gave its green light in October for a multinational policing mission led by Kenya, but that de...

'Barbecue' - The Haiti policeman turned feared gang leader
AFP  |  Mar 07, 2024

In 2022, as head of the G9 gang alliance, he blocked Haiti's fuel terminal for weeks, paralysing the distribution of gasoline and furthering the count...

Haiti gang leader warns of genocide unless PM Ariel Henry resigns
AFP  |  Mar 06, 2024

Gang leader Jimmy Cherizier, known as "Barbecue", warned of a civil war and genocide unless Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns.

Haiti capital 'paralysed' after unrest, PM Ariel Henry still abroad
AFP  |  Mar 05, 2024

Gang leaders such as Jimmy Cherisier say they are coordinating to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who has led the troubled Caribbean nation since the...

Haiti: Gang leader launches armed bid to oust PM Ariel Henry
DW News  |  Mar 02, 2024

Henry's government has blamed the security situation for the delay in arranging elections since the assassination of former Preisdent Jovenel Moise in...

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