Kenya force deployed to Haiti to tackle gang violence
“Honoured to see off the first batch of the contingent of the National Police Service officers who are part of the historic United Nations Mission to Haiti,” Kindiki said in …
Port-au-Prince
US missionary couple Davy and Natalie Lloyd killed by gang in Haiti
A US couple were among three missionaries shot and killed by a gang outside a church in the Haitian capital, which has endured months of extreme violence with deadly assaults …
Haiti crisis: transitional government takes power as gangs hold capital ‘hostage’
Regine Abraham, a non-voting council member, thanked Haiti’s security forces and international mediators, and said the council would focus on security, a national consultation on constitutional reform, preparing for elections, …
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns, paves way for new government
Ariel Henry resigned on Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by …
In Haiti, how gangs working together are adding to the ‘uncertainty’ – National
Gang violence, political strife and social instability in Haiti are facts of life for the people who live there, according to Canada’s ambassador to the country, André François Giroux. But …
US flies forces in to Haiti to strengthen security at embassy and evacuate non-essential personnel
“This airlift of personnel into and out of the embassy is consistent with our standard practice for embassy security augmentation worldwide, and no Haitians were on board the military aircraft,” …
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main airport in newest attack on key government sites
It is the biggest attack on the airport in Haiti’s history. Soldiers guard the entrance of the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Monday. Photo: AP Last week, the airport …
Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti’s main prison, leaving bodies behind
In another neighbourhood, the bloodied bodies of two men with their hands tied behind their backs lay face down as residents walked past roadblocks set up with burning tyres. Colombian …
Haiti president Jovenel Moise assassination: widow, ex-PM charged over killing of former leader in 2021
A Haitian judge in charge of the investigation into the 2021 assassination of the Caribbean nation’s last president has charged some 50 people, including his widow and a former prime …