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Child recruitment by armed groups in Haiti surges 70 per cent
UN News  |  Nov 25, 2024

Children now comprise up to half of all armed group members, with recruitment driven by widespread poverty, lack of education and collapse of essentia...

Haiti crisis: Over 20,000 flee as gang violence spurs mass displacement
UN News  |  Nov 19, 2024

The current wave of displacement, the largest since August 2023, comes as armed gangs who have joined forces strengthen their grip on the capital.

UN says Haiti conflict has 'worsened' as gangs push fresh attacks
Reuters  |  Oct 23, 2024

More than 4,200 people have fled their homes in fresh attacks around the capital since last Thursday, according to U.N. estimates,

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 power firm says main hydroelectric plant down after protest
Reuters  |  Sep 04, 2024

Output at Peligre has been down since Monday after people stormed the plant demanding other areas be supplied before the capital, Port-au-Prince.

Haiti mission receives additional equipment, confirms salaries of Kenyan team to be paid this week
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 26, 2024

It has been confirmed that salaries for the Kenyan team in the mission will be reflected in their individual bank accounts this week.

Kenyan police officers engage Haiti gangs in fierce gun battle
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 21, 2024

The General Service Unit's Recce team has been conducting patrols in local streets and the port, focusing on combating gangs.

Reluctant UN member states urged to support Kenyan-led mission in Haiti
Amina Wako  |  Jul 07, 2024

During a UN Security Council session on Wednesday, the United States and Canada emphasised that the international community needed to follow through o...

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...

Noor Gabow: Top Kenyan police officer coordinating Haiti mission
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Jun 24, 2024

Noor holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Penology from the International Academy Bramshill of the National Police Improvement Agency in the UK...

UN Haiti chief warns of 'catastrophic' impact of gang war displacements
Reuters  |  Jun 19, 2024

Almost 580,000 people in Haiti are internally displaced - around 5 per cent of the Caribbean country's entire population.

Gang-ravaged Haiti to replace national police head with former chief
Reuters  |  Jun 15, 2024

The Haitian National Police, or PNH, has been at the forefront of a battle against powerful armed gangs that have taken over most of the capital, Port...

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...

UN agency appeals for aid to help Haiti weather hurricane season
Reuters  |  Jun 08, 2024

The hurricane season, which traditionally begins in June and runs through November, is forecast to be severe this year.

Haiti's new PM Garry Conille says leaders are setting aside differences
Reuters  |  Jun 04, 2024

Garry Conille spoke days after being named for the office, more than a month after a nine-member transition council was sworn in, and nearly three mon...

Haiti transition council picks former PM Conille to again lead country
Reuters  |  May 29, 2024

The transition council voted 6-1 to install Conille as interim prime minister.

Kenya mission to Haiti likely to delay again
Mary Wambui  |  May 22, 2024

A US official says a deployment by the end of this week was impossible, for logistical reasons.

Kenyan police arrive in Haiti on enforcement mission led by deputy IG Noor Gabow
Amina Wako  |  May 21, 2024

A Kenyan delegation, comprising officials including the force commander of the enforcement mission, landed in Haiti aboard a Sunrise Airways flight on...

Kenyan police to leave for Haiti next week to fight gang-driven chaos
Amina Wako  |  May 19, 2024

Departing for Port-au-Prince on May 21, the officers will take command of the troubled Caribbean nation on Kenya’s first mission of this kind.

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