Intensified gang violence, U.S. flights ban leaves Haitians with few options to flee
When Haiti orphanage founder and author Mitch Albom heard that U.S. commercial flights into the troubled Caribbean nation were banned for 30 days after gangs shot at three commercial planes and the main international airport was shuttered,
Haiti wonders what's next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
The statement was issued just days after gangs launched a pre-dawn attack Tuesday around an upper-class community in Haiti’s capital, forcing residents armed with machetes and guns to fight side-by-side with police to repel gunmen.
U.N. reportedly evacuating some staff from Haiti amid gang violence
There are reports that the United Nations is evacuating a small number of staff in Haiti as gang violence escalates in Port-au-Prince. More than 40,000 people have been displaced from the capital in the last ten days according to U.
Haiti descends further into gang violence as Doctors Without Borders suspends operations
Gang violence surged in Haiti, with a paroxysm of bloodshed leaving at least 150 dead and driving the charity Doctors Without Borders to suspend its operations in the country. Haiti has been racked by armed groups who operate with impunity, unrestrained by a government that controls little of the nation’s actual territory.
Over 20,000 Displaced By Gang Violence In Haiti: UN Agency
More than 20,000 people have been displaced across Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince in four days, a UN agency said Saturday, as residents flee gang violence that has crippled the troubled Caribbean nation.
The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says
One minor who was in a gang said he was paid $33 every ... preyed upon by gangs and face physical and sexual violence. “Criminal groups in Haiti are subjecting girls and women to horrific ...
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More than 100 suspected gang members have been killed as vigilantism grows in Haiti
At least 108 suspected gang members have been killed in Haiti over three days ... s findings are the first real ...
Child recruitment in Haitian gangs soars 70% amid rising violence and poverty - UNICEF
The Associated Press writes that the increase in child members is related to the worsening of poverty in the country, ...
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Rescuing Haiti from Gang Rule
Since January, nearly five thousand civilian deaths have occurred as a result of relentless gang warfare in Port-au-Prince, ...
Gang Members Killed as Haiti Residents Support Police Fightback
Haitian gang were killed by police in Port-au-Prince after they launched an attack on the Pétionville neighborhood ...
Residents in Haiti's capital stand with police in battle to repel latest gang attack
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Gangs launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port ...
‘Haiti on Fire’: Rolling Stone Dives Into the Country’s Deadly Gang War
Haiti on Fire, a 27-minute film from Blackbeard Films, XTR, and Rolling Stone Films, attempts to cut through the hype ...