Miami Herald20d
Armed gangs in Haiti target U.S. Embassy vehicles, UN chopper in escalation of attacks
Armored vehicles used by Kenyan police rumble through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The vehicles are part of the United States’ more than $300 million in contributions to the U.N.-backed ...
BBC3d
Haiti's prime minister ousted after six months
An executive order, signed by eight of the council's nine members, named businessman and former Haiti Senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aimé as Conille's replacement. Conille, a former United ...
Save the Children1mon
Help Children and Refugees in Haiti
Chronic instability, brutal dictatorships and natural disasters in recent decades have left Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas. Nearly 60% of the population ...
CNN19d
US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources
Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles. A security ...
Reuters18d
Residents in Haiti's capital flee homes as gangs expand control
The total number of displaced people in Haiti has doubled in the past three months to almost 700,000, the WFP said. "I can't count the number of times I've left my house ... Every time I arrive in ...
Los Angeles Times23d
Police in Haiti battle a gang coalition trying to seize control of the entire capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Police on Monday clashed with gunmen trying to take over one of the few communities in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, that is not controlled by gangs. Solino has been ...
The New York Times20d
Gang Gunfire in Haiti Hits U.S. Embassy Vehicles and U.N. Aid Helicopter
By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega Armed gangs in Haiti opened fire on U.S. Embassy vehicles and a United Nations helicopter this week, an escalation of attacks as criminal groups overwhelm security forc ...
AOL3d
Haiti to replace prime minister as security crisis mounts
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Haiti will name entrepreneur and former senate candidate Alix Didier Fils-Aime to replace Prime Minister Garry Conille, who was tapped for the role in May, according to a ...
Politico21d
Haiti gang violence reignites calls for international aid
A new wave of gang violence is hitting Haiti, and Haitian officials are pleading with international allies for more help. But more support for the country’s embattled police forces doesn’t ...
Miami Herald22d
Haiti asks for UN peacekeeping mission as gangs’ expansion worries leadership council
30, 2024 to renew the mandate of the U.N.-backed Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti. Xinhua Xinhua/Sipa USA Seven years after the last United Nations peacekeepers departed amid ...
Reuters22d
UN says Haiti conflict has 'worsened' as gangs push fresh attacks
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Haitian gangs are ramping up attacks on areas they do not yet control, the head of the United Nation's Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) warned on Tuesday ...