haiti gang violence Stories
Antonio Guterres said such support is vital to reinforce local initiatives, safeguard civilians, and pave the way for a return to law and order and cr...
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, “paralysing daily life and forcing famili...
MSS spokesman Jack Ombaka said that specialized units, working with the Haitian National Police (PNH), carried out a night raid and seized the Télcos...
The US is drafting a resolution to present to the United Nations Security Council to "properly resource" Haiti's fight to reduce gang territorial cont...
Women and girls face the brunt of this crisis. Gender-based violence (GBV) such as gang rape is rampant, particularly in the capital Port-au-Prince, a...
Haiti is currently facing a protracted and worsening humanitarian crisis, with gang violence expanding beyond the capital of Port-au-Prince. Civilians...
There are now over 200 GPAS located throughout Haiti, which cultivate high-quality seeds to distribute to other farmers with the goal of increasing fa...
The violence has forced dozens to flee across the Artibonite River, some on foot and others by swimming, to escape gang-controlled areas.
Residents in the Haitian capital confirmed to AFP that heavy exchanges of gunfire broke out between armed gangs and police forces in the vicinity of t...
As many gangs expand their territory, they have committed human rights violations, according to the UN, including extrajudicial killings, child exploi...
Nearly 1.3 million people in the Caribbean country have fled their homes, with an additional 15,000 uprooted last week after armed attacks in the comm...
Thousands have been killed by gang violence that has swept Haiti in recent years. The Trump administration previously classified one of the main armed...
To help stabilise the situation, Kenya is leading a multinational support mission to assist the Haitian National Police. The team includes officers fr...
Since January, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), recorded over 4,000 individuals deliberately killed – a 24 per cent increase compared to the...
But rather than charting a path to stability, the CPT remains mired in dysfunction as Haiti’s crisis deepens with no end in sight. Armed gangs now con...
Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi is expected in the Dominican Republic capital, Santo Doming,o between May 11 and 13 to hold talks with the co...
The United States, the mission's main financier, stated that it could not continue shouldering such a significant burden, while France announced a con...
Officially, the payment was meant to compensate French plantation owners for “lost property” following independence, but the amount far exceeded actua...
Specialised MSS teams have since been deployed to search for the missing officer, but there have been no updates from Kenyan authorities in Haiti.
The report highlights three large-scale massacres that resulted in over 300 deaths, with the most severe attack occurring in the Wharf Jérémie neighbo...
In Africa, the conflicts in Sudan, DRC, and Somalia have led to a surge in internally displaced persons, asylum seekers, and refugees in the neighbour...
The measures include an asset freeze, a travel ban to the EU, and a ban on EU entities providing financial support.
Children now comprise up to half of all armed group members, with recruitment driven by widespread poverty, lack of education and collapse of essentia...
The escalating situation has seen the US Federal Aviation Administration issue a notice prohibiting US civilian aircraft and US pilots from flying bel...
As the mission grapples with these challenges, Kenya is urging international partners, particularly the UN, to step in and strengthen the operation.
The current wave of displacement, the largest since August 2023, comes as armed gangs who have joined forces strengthen their grip on the capital.
Reuters on Thursday witnessed crowds of residents running down the streets, many carrying suitcases, backpacks and small children as cars packed to th...
More than 4,200 people have fled their homes in fresh attacks around the capital since last Thursday, according to U.N. estimates,
Near-famine conditions push boys to pick up guns while girls are sexually abused and forced into domestic work in the Carribean nation.
Haiti has been plagued by violence and insecurity at the hands of armed gangs, amid ongoing political, socioeconomic and humanitarian challenges.
