On Thursday, February 13, 2025, early in the afternoon, heavily armed individuals from the « Viv ansanm » coalition, ...

Haiti has been mired for decades by political instability, made worse in recent years by criminal gangs that have grown more powerful. Gangs now control 85 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince ...

Residents from rural communities in Kenscoff, Haiti were forced to flee after armed gangs began attacking the mountainside region above Port-au-Prince on Monday, January 27, 2025. Johnny Fils ...

Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations' children's organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent ...

Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the ...

Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...

The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation.

An additional 217 Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Saturday, January 18, 2025 to join the Multinational Security Support mission. Kenya promised 1,000 cops to the mission, which has been ...

The U.S. has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to a U.N.-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital ...