PORT-AU-PRINCE — Ganthier, a rural community 28 miles east of Port-au-Prince and 14 miles from the Dominican Republic border, was among the last holdouts from
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‘You have a job to do’: U.S. envoy pushes elections in visit with Haiti’s leaders
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United States’ top envoy to the United Nations visited a crisis-wrecked Haiti this week during which she announced tens of millions of
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US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip Monday to the troubled Caribbean
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US ambassador visits Haiti to meet new leaders and Kenyan police helping to curb gang violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations traveled to Haiti today to meet leaders of the new transitional government and the Kenyan
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40 Haitian gang leaders, cops and officials charged in 2018 massacre
PORT-AU-PRINCE — In a country where gang-orchestrated killings have become all too common, it was the worst massacre in more than a decade: Dozens of people
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40 migrants dead after boat catches fire off Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 40 migrants have died and several others were injured after a boat they were traveling in caught fire off the northern
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Haiti’s prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life
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More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti for UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have
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The UN condemns increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is undermining peace
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution condemning “in the strongest terms” the increasing gang violence and criminal activity in Haiti that is
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Haiti’s prime minister says Kenyan police are crucial to controlling gangs, early days are positive
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday that recently deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping
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