PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence
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US steps up campaign to transform Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping force
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force, spurred
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U.S. deportation flight lands in Haiti amid spreading violence, attack on Catholic nuns
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Days after a Catholic mission that treats up to 30,000 poor people a year became the latest target of armed gangs in a
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A gang leader in Haiti is injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A leader of one of Haiti’s most powerful gangs was injured in a shootout with Haitian and Kenyan police in their first
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UN, Spirit Airlines temporarily suspend flights in Haiti’s capital as gang attacks rise
PORT-AU-PRINCE — An ongoing escalation in gang attacks in Haiti’s capital is once more leading air carriers to suspend travel. Spirit Airlines and the United
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Gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti’s capital in new wave of violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Multiple gangs attacked several communities in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, setting fire to homes and a church as bullets
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Kenya and Haiti urge partners to boost support for peacekeeping mission amid a funding shortfall
NAIROBI (AP) — The leaders of Kenya and Haiti on Friday urged international partners to honor their commitment to the U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti,
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UN extends Kenya-led force to tackle gangs in Haiti, but sidelines call for UN peacekeepers
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force helping to tackle gang violence in Haiti,
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Dominican president warns of ‘drastic measures’ if anti-gang mission in Haiti fails
NEW YORK (AP) — The president of the Dominican Republic warned Wednesday that his administration would take “drastic measures” to protect the country if a
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Kenyan president stops in Haiti en route to UN. A key Haitian leader is not going
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Kenya President William Ruto is promising to send an additional 600 police officers to Haiti over the next two months and to plea
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