Powerful gangs launch new attack on Haiti's capital | AP News
4 days ago · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen clashed with residents who fought side by side with police.. The attack on Petionville was led by the Viv Ansanm group, whose spokesman, Jimmy Chérizier, a gang leader and former elite police officer, had announced the plan in a video ...
Haiti declares state of emergency after mass prison escape
Mar 2, 2024 · A United Nations’ source said Sunday that around 3,500 prisoners are believed to have escaped Haiti’s National Penitentiary in Port-Au-Prince during the weekend.
Multiple gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti's capital | AP News
Oct 18, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Multiple gangs attacked several communities in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, setting fire to homes and a church as bullets whizzed through the area.
Inside Haiti: A lucky few escape, while millions face gang rule ... - CNN
Mar 16, 2024 · The only thing coming into Haiti’s violent capital Port-au-Prince are the private evacuation helicopters – a bitter reminder of the inequality that has plagued Haiti for decades.
Gangs in Haiti open fire and hit a UN helicopter midair as violence ...
Oct 25, 2024 · Gangs in Haiti have opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the latest attack in the country's capital as violence surges once again.
At least 150 people killed over past week in Haiti’s Port-au-Prince…
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 on Wednesday, the UN ...
Haitians scramble to survive, seeking food, water and safety as …
Apr 23, 2024 · Life in Port-au-Prince has become a game of survival, pushing Haitians to new limits as they scramble to stay safe and alive while gangs overwhelm the police and the government remains...
Haiti: Port-au-Prince is cut off from the world, but guns and drugs ...
May 13, 2024 · For over two months, Port-au-Prince has been cut off from the world, its international seaport and airport shuttered following an explosion of gang attacks in late February.
Haiti’s Police Force Is ‘Begging for Help’ Against Ruthless Gangs
May 3, 2024 · But the attack, which was captured on video, sent a chilling message through police ranks and to residents of the country’s embattled capital, Port-au-Prince.
Haiti: UN Human Rights chief urges end to intensifying violence in Port …
3 days ago · GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Wednesday expressed deep concern at the latest intensification of violence in Port-au-Prince as a coalition of gangs pushes for full control of the Haitian capital. At least 150 people have been killed, 92 injured and about 20,000 forced to flee their homes over the past week.“Port-au-Prince’s estimated four million people ...