Haiti

Haiti in chaos: Gang leader threatens to arrest top officials amid gunfire

Mar 01, 2024 09:43

Violent gunfire battles have engulfed the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, killing at least four police officers, as a powerful gang leader announced that he would oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry and try to capture the country’s police chief, ministers.
UN chief urges world to make Haiti ‘top priority’ to fight criminal gangs

Jul 02, 2023 09:27

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on world leaders to make the Caribbean state of Haiti their “top priority” and help a “rapid action force” to support the island’s failing police in their fight against criminal gangs.
Police fire tear gas at protesters in Haiti amid fuel crisis

Oct 04, 2022 17:03

Haitian police have fired tear gas at demonstrators, who have taken to the streets in the capital, Port-au-Prince, to protest against the government's handling of crippling fuel shortages and soaring prices.
Fuel price increase flares up more violence in Haiti

Sep 17, 2022 12:20

Angry Haitians have protested the sharp increase in fuel prices once again, storming and looting public centers, attacking schools and government buildings across the country.
US arms trafficking sparks outrage in Haiti

Jul 28, 2022 18:29

Haitians are outraged by a steady flow of US guns fueling rampant gang violence and a string of recent arms-trafficking scandals, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations.
Haitian migrants stuck in southern Mexican city ask for asylum

Dec 02, 2021 09:22

Several thousand Haitian migrants have camped outside a stadium in Tapachula, a southern Mexican city, urging authorities to move them to other states and let them pass freely through Mexico and seek employment.
Officials: American missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

Oct 17, 2021 12:47

A criminal gang in Haiti has kidnapped a group of Americans consisting of Christian missionaries and their families.
‘Racist and baseless’: Haiti rejects Trump’s latest rant against migrants

Oct 10, 2021 09:19

Haiti has rejected as "racist and baseless" claims made by former US President Donald Trump that the Caribbean nation’s migrants entering the United States would put Americans at risk of contracting AIDS.
US mass deportations of Haitians 'inconsistent with international norms': UN

Sep 22, 2021 09:07

The United Nations has condemned the US' mass deportations of Haitian migrants who have been camped in squalid conditions under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas after fleeing countries in the Americas.
New tremors hit Haiti as death toll rises from last week’s earthquake

Aug 19, 2021 16:35

New tremors have hit the southern Haitian city of Les Cayes, a few days after a devastating 7.2-magnitude earthquake killed almost 2,200 people across southwestern Haiti and injured thousands more.