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World. What to know about the crisis of violence, politics and hunger engulfing Haiti. Chaos has gutted Port-au-Prince and Haiti's government, a crisis brought on by decades of political...
It’s easy to blame the latest spasm of violence in Haiti on longstanding poverty, the legacy of colonialism, and European and U.S. interference with the West’s first free Black republic.
Haiti situation 'catastrophic' and growing worse, UN warns. Three million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as continuing gang violence hampers aid delivery, the head of...
Over the past two years, warring gangs in Port-au-Prince have visited terror upon the country’s vital port city with rape, torture and killing as they vie for territorial control. Thousands of...
Gangs have been involved in massacres, attacks on labour strikes or peasant uprisings, and politically motivated assassinations ever since. Haiti took its first step toward a full democratic...
The first quarter of 2024 was the deadliest for Haitians with around 2,500 people killed or injured in gang violence, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council, calling for the...
MEXICO CITY — Haiti is entering its second day of a state of emergency, after gangs attacked the capital city's most important prisons over the weekend, releasing thousands of inmates.
Reuters. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians have been displaced, more than 15,000 in recent weeks. The sound of gunshots piercing through the air has become all too familiar for people living in the...
Do not travel to Haiti due to kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and limited health care. Country Summary: Since March 2024, Haiti has been under a State of Emergency. Crimes involving firearms are common in Haiti. They include robbery, carjackings, sexual assault, and kidnappings for ransom.
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world and has suffered a number of recent crises, most notably the assassination of its president, Jovenel Moïse, in July 2021 and a massive...