Haiti: Over 20,000 flee as gang violence spurs mass displacement - UN News
4 days ago · Over 20,000 people have fled their homes across Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in just four days amid escalating gang violence, with more than 17,000 seeking shelter in 15 …
As violent gangs extend control in Haiti, UN commits to ... - UN News
2 days ago · Gang violence is escalating at alarming rates in Haiti: tens of thousands have been forced from their homes, and critical supply chains have collapsed. Despite the rising peril, the …
Haiti’s children ‘dragged into hell’ as gang violence rages
1 day ago · Jude Chery has heard talk of armed gangs for most of his life. The 30-year-old Haitian activist remembers that he started to learn the names of powerful gang leaders even as a child …
At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince: …
2 days ago · At least 150 people have been killed in Port-au-Prince over the past week, the United Nations says, as the Haitian capital reels from a surge in gang violence. In a statement …
Haiti at a ‘dire crossroads’, Security Council hears | UN News
2 days ago · Haiti is at a dire crossroads, with extreme levels of gang violence continuing to degrade State authority with “no improvement in sight”, a senior UN political affairs official told …
Haiti’s gangs inflict ‘extreme brutality’ as casualties rise – UN ...
Oct 30, 2024 · At least 106 extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions were carried out by law enforcement officials, including six children aged 10 or younger, the report from the UN’s …
Another town in Haiti comes under attack a week after gangs …
Oct 10, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gunmen invaded another town north of Haiti’s capital on Thursday, shooting at people and setting homes on fire, just a week after a …
Haitian gang slaughters at least 70 people as thousands flee
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 4 (Reuters) - Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti's main breadbasket region, killing at least 70 and forcing over 6,000 to …
What's behind the escalating violence in Haiti? | Reuters
Oct 5, 2024 · Haitian gangs have grown in power as the government of the former French colony has weakened, stepping into the vacuum while expanding their control over key roadways and …
Haiti: Everything you need to about the ongoing violence | AP News
Mar 12, 2024 · It’s easy to blame the latest spasm of violence in Haiti on longstanding poverty, the legacy of colonialism, and European and U.S. interference with the West’s first free Black …