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Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Haiti Leader Says General Elections Planned for November

Haiti has lacked elected representatives since January 2023 and has not held elections since 2016. The country's capital is almost entirely controlled by armed gangs, and leaders

Miami Herald on MSN · 6h

Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage

Leslie Voltaire acknowledged that the election plan amid Haiti’s ongoing gang violence and worsening humanitarian situation is ambitious.

Voice of America · 1h

VOA Creole: Haiti's gangs have 'taken a step back,' transitional leader says

Leslie Voltaire, president of Haiti's Transitional Council, says the armed gangs who have terrorized Haitians for months have "taken a step back." Voltaire credited the national police force and the Kenyan-led multinational force for the progress made in confronting gang violence.

Reuters on MSN · 1d

Haiti leader says long-awaited general elections penned for November

Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov. 15 of this year.

Radio France Internationale4h

Macron calls for UN action as gang violence in Haiti worsens

As Haiti’s crisis deepens, marked by rampant gang violence and political instability, French President Emmanuel Macron has ...

Dominican Today1d

Armed gangs expand attacks in new areas of Haiti

Haiti.- On January 27, 2025, heavily armed gangs attacked the Kenscoff municipality, located in the hills above ...

InSight Crime6d

Haiti Violence Surges as Gangs Expand Influence

Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of over a million people in the past year, according to the UN, ...

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1 dead, several wounded in Haiti after armed gangs target consular corp armored vehicles

The latest attacks occurred a day after gangs shot up an armored vehicle belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.

Latin Times on MSN5d

Haiti Capital Could Fall Completely To Gangs Without More International Support, UN Chief Warns

Gang violence, hunger, and political instability threaten Haiti's survival as a state as the UN calls for urgent ...

Doctors Without Borders urges world to 'step up the response' to gang sexual violence in Haiti

Now that Doctors Without Borders teams are back in Haiti and can again treat the burgeoning number of gang sexual violence ...

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Colombian president visits southern Haiti as country battles surge in gang violence

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Haiti as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked ...

New Vision on MSN7d

Gangs Could Overrun Haiti Capital If Aid Falls Short: UN Chief

More than 5,601 people in Haiti were killed in Haiti last year as a result of gang violence, about a thousand more than in ...

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Kenya deploys more police officers to Haiti to tackle gang violence

Kenya's interior minister said the east African nation has deployed another 217 police officers to Haiti as part of a ...

Miami Herald on MSN12d

Kenya sends 217 more cops to Haiti to help fight armed gangs

There are still significant challenges with the funding that were already there with the Biden administration.” ...

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