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Retiring U.S. envoy reflects on Haiti, offers some advice to Trump administration

The main international airport remains off-limits to U.S. jetliners. Armed gangs continue to gain ground despite the presence of a police-led international force. And the political transition that the United…

John McCarthy January 2, 2025

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Haitian, Kenyan police took control of a rural town – then the victory led to carnage

PORT-AU-PRINCE — It was supposed to be a rare victory after a wave of setbacks in Haiti’s war against gangs. The armored police vehicles, manned by Haitian and Kenyan police,…

John McCarthy December 14, 2024

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Haiti’s main international airport reopens a month after gang gunfire forced it to close

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s main international airport reopened on Wednesday to commercial flights, one month after gangs opened fire on planes. It was the second closing this year because of gang violence.…

John McCarthy December 12, 2024

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A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son’s death

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti’s capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders in his community to avenge his son’s death,…

John McCarthy December 10, 2024

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Under assault by gangs in Haiti, a Kenyan-led mission fights back

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — An armored vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-caliber bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of violence the officers…

John McCarthy December 7, 2024

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Kenya police boss denies reports officers in Haiti peacekeeping mission haven’t been paid in months

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s top police official has denied reports that officers serving in the United Nations-backed multinational peacekeeping mission in Haiti have gone unpaid for three months. The…

John McCarthy December 7, 2024

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Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission

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 into a U.N. peacekeeping mission.…

John McCarthy November 21, 2024

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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 by escalating gang violence that…

John McCarthy November 16, 2024

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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 new wave of coordinated attacks,…

John McCarthy November 1, 2024

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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 major incursion into gang-controlled territory…

John McCarthy October 28, 2024