PORT-AU-PRINCE: Haitian gangs are increasingly economically autonomous, a Geneva-based criminal research group warned, using funds coerced from private businesses, local residents and families of kidnapping victims to pay for guns and soldiers. "Gangs have undergone a radical evolution, going from rather unstructured actors dependent on resources
GENEVA: More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence, including hundreds killed in lynchings by vigilante mobs, the UN said. The toll comes as clashes in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince this week left 30 residents dead
Rome: Two UN agencies warned Monday of rising food emergencies including starvation in Sudan due to the outbreak of war and in Haiti, Burkina Faso and Mali due to restricted movements of people and goods. The four countries join Afghanistan, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen
Geneva: More than 600 people died in gang violence last month in Haiti, where the authorities did not have the capacity to protect civilians, the United Nations said on Tuesday. "Every report I get from Haiti underlines the scale of the suffering and rams home the
Champlain, United States: For exhausted migrants, a small stretch of snow-covered road is the last step in a long journey to a new life in Canada. Some drag heavy suitcases, others carry all their worldly belongings in small plastic bags. In a hurry to get into
United Nations: The UN special envoy for Haiti said Thursday she heard “caution” from the United States and Canada about possibly leading an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs but not “a definite `No.’” Helen La Lime expressed hope that the United Nations Security
Port-Au-Prince: Haiti awoke stripped of its last democratically elected institution — this time, its Senate — an alarming development that solidifies what some call a de facto dictatorship nominally in charge of a country wracked by gang violence. While only 10 senators had been symbolically representing
Port-au-Prince: Haiti has decided to request military assistance from the international community amid a growing humanitarian crisis, a Haitian official said, as a gang blockade of the country's main fuel port has led to crippling shortages. The government has authorised Prime Minister Ariel Henry to ask
