PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — U.S. officials have asked Haiti’s prime minister to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its
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Haitian prime minister tours Port au Prince hospital after police take back from gang control
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the country’s largest hospital on Tuesday, after authorities said they took control
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In first comments, the Kenyan force in Haiti says ‘no room for failure’ against powerful gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti said on Monday “there’s no room for failure” and that the United
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Haiti police retake control of a police station in the capital that was attacked by gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Officers regained control of a police station in Haiti’s capital that had been the target of armed gangs in recent months, authorities
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Haiti’s gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children’s agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country
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Biden administration extends temporary legal status to 300,000 Haitians, drawing a contrast to Trump
SAN DIEGO (AP) — About 300,000 Haitians already in the United States will now be eligible for temporary legal status allowing them to remain in the U.S.
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Haitians hold their breath as newly arrived Kenyan police force prepares to face gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence choking
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UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrives in Haiti as Kenya-led force prepares to face gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police arrived in Haiti on Tuesday, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to
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Gang violence in Haiti has displaced nearly 580,000 people, a new UN report says
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs since March has displaced nearly 580,000 people, according to a new report from the U.N.
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Haiti police meet Kenyan commanders ahead of deployment of UN-backed mission to fight gangs
NAIROBI (AP) — A team of Haitian police commanders on Tuesday met Kenya’s inspector general of police ahead of a planned deployment to the violence-hit Caribbean country
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