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UN's Haiti human rights expert warns of dire situation
Following a week-long visit to the country, the United Nations designated expert on human rights in Haiti, William O'Neill, told reporters Tuesday that the situation in the country is dire. Haitians continue to face constant gang violence with the UN estimating that they already control 85 per cent of the capital,
US bans flights to Haiti’s capital until Sept. 8 as UN expert says gang violence is more dire
The United States has extended its ban on flights to Haiti’s capital until Sept. 8 because of escalating gang violence.
UN calls for urgent action as gang violence in Haiti escalates
Amid intensifying gang violence and recent reports highlighting the disintegration of security in Haiti, the United Nations has called for urgent international support to stabilise the country.
Haiti swears in new leader amid din of gang violence
Fritz Alphonse Jean, an economist and former central bank governor, replaces Leslie Voltaire in the rotating presidency of the transitional presidential council, formed in 2024 after a violent gang siege of the capital that forced then Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign.
Trump Bans Flights to Haiti as Kenyan Police Get Overwhelmed by Gangs
The United States on Tuesday, March 11, banned flights to Haiti’s capitol Port-au-Prince. According to the US administration under the leadership of President Donald Trump, the move followed the worsening gang violence situation in Haiti.
UN's Haiti rights expert says fixing Haiti crisis is 'doable'
The United Nations' Haiti rights expert on Tuesday said he believed solving a spiraling insecurity crisis in the Caribbean ...
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‘Haiti’s survival is at stake,’ says UN expert, warning of worsening crisis
Haiti is in freefall. Gangs are tightening their grip on the capital, violence is spreading, and “suffering permeates all ...
Haiti police vow to ramp up fight against gangs after fresh attacks in the capital
More than 1 million people have been displaced by the violence, with gangs in control 85% of Port-au-Prince, according to a ...
The body of a Kenyan officer who died in Haiti arrives home for burial
The body of a Kenyan police officer who died in Haiti’s UN-backed multinational mission to combat violent gangs has been ...
Imprisonment, murder, extortion: Why U.S. deportees to Haiti are being targeted by gangs
In Haiti, one's status as a deportee brings an added level of risk. Here is why police and gangs are targeting such people ...
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$300K shortfall stalls landfill project meant to clean up Northeast Haiti
A landfill in Northeast Haiti faces delays due to a $300K shortfall, with key environmental safeguards still missing.
Amid escalating gang violence, new leader takes over Haiti’s rocky transitional council
A U.S. educated economist and former head of Haiti’s Central Bank assumed the presidency of the country’s embattled ...
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High-level meeting in The Bahamas on Haiti mission
Godfrey Otunge, the Kenyan commander of a United Nations-approved multinational security support mission in Haiti, led a ...