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When are Kenyan cops arriving in Haiti? Here’s what you need to know about the mission

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Kenyan President William Ruto, back in Nairobi following his recent three-day state visit to the United States, is voicing confidence that a security mission to Haiti that his East…

John McCarthy June 5, 2024

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UN development specialist Garry Conille arrives in Haiti to take up the post of PM

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti arrived on Saturday to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as prime minister. A transitional council seeking…

John McCarthy June 2, 2024

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Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — U.N. development specialist Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council sought to choose someone else…

John McCarthy May 30, 2024

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Haiti’s new leader vows unity, says he’s ‘very honored’ in first statement since being selected

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Garry Conille, Haiti’s new prime minister, said Wednesday that he was “very honored” to be chosen for the post, in his first statement since a transitional council selected…

John McCarthy May 29, 2024

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Hundreds mourn gang killings of a Haitian mission director and a young American couple

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Hundreds of people packed into a sweltering church in Haiti’s capital on Tuesday to mourn Judes Montis, a mission director killed by gang members who also fatally shot…

John McCarthy May 29, 2024

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Forced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — For 12-year-old Juliana St. Vil, life begins every afternoon. She bounds out of the crowded shelter where she’s been sleeping on the concrete floor for 10 months,…

John McCarthy May 28, 2024

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Kenyan police advance team leaves Haiti as international mission is delayed

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advance team of Kenyan police officials who were assessing preparedness before a multinational force is deployed to quell violence in Haiti is heading back home…

John McCarthy May 26, 2024

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What we know about the young missionaries and religious leader killed in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The local director of a mission group in Haiti and a missionary couple from the U.S. were attacked and fatally shot by gang members after leaving a youth group…

John McCarthy May 25, 2024

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A young couple from the U.S. were among 3 missionaries killed in Haiti violence

PORT-AU-PRINCE — A U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti's capital after they were attacked while leaving a…

John McCarthy May 25, 2024

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Biden thanks Kenya’s Ruto for sending police to Haiti and defends keeping US forces from the mission

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday expressed deep appreciation to Kenyan President William Ruto for the coming deployment of Kenyan police forces to help quell gang violence in Haiti and he defended his decision…

John McCarthy May 24, 2024