Violent gangs control most of the Caribbean country’s capital, Port-au-Prince.More than 5,600 people were killed and thousands more injured or kidnapped in 2024 due to…
Amid the backdrop of ongoing conflicts, a global climate crisis, and numerous challenges facing humanity, 2024 has still offered moments of connection and hope. Genocide…
Haitian authorities have struggled to address rise of powerful armed gangs, and accountability for violence is rare.Armed men have opened fire on a group of…
The UN now says 207 people were killed in a slum neighborhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince, earlier this month.The United Nations has raised the death…
In the wake of the United States presidential election, international leaders have been scrambling to prepare for Donald Trump’s return to the world stage, as…
Kenyan-led force hits back after report states that nearly 20 officers have resigned from the force due to unpaid wages.A United Nations-backed security mission to…
The United Nations has ordered the evacuation of its staff from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince as clashes between armed gangs, the police and civilians armed with…
Haitian gangs increasingly target children, using them as informants, fighters, and forced labor, says UNICEF report.An unprecedented number of children have been recruited by gangs…
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…
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…
Armed gangs attacked a wealthy suburb of the capital, police say, as part of an effort to bring down the government.The Haitian National Police have…
Haiti’s main international airport remains shut down for the second time this year after three United States commercial passenger planes were hit by suspected gang…
The Spirit Airlines flight got diverted to the Dominican Republic at a Santiago airport where it landed safely. A crew member on the plane saw…
The main international airport in Haiti’s capital is closed after the plane is diverted to the Dominican Republic.All commercial flights have been suspended to Haiti’s…
Council sets out to replace interim Prime Minister Garry Conille, marking more political turmoil and instability.A transitional council tasked with re-establishing democratic order in Haiti…
An escalating gang war in Haiti killed or injured 1,745 people between July and September, according to a new United Nations human rights report, representing…
Committee to Protect Journalists says globally no one is held to account in 80 percent of cases where journalists are targeted.Israel is the world’s second-worst…
The United States embassy in Haiti is preparing to evacuate some of its non-essential diplomatic staff as a powerful gang coalition tightens its grip on…
The UN Security Council is trying to crack down on rising levels of gang violence in Haiti by extending embargo on weapons.The UN Security Council…
More than 6,200 people are staying with relatives or in makeshift shelters after massacre in central Haiti town.Survivors of a deadly gang attack in central Haiti…