PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Three Haitian policemen and an informant were killed and a fourth officer is missing in the country’s central region, where gang violence has surged, Haiti’s National Police said today. The officers were…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Three Jamaicans are dead and a Bahamian national is in custody in Haiti after a historic drug bust Sunday off the country’s northwest coast led to the seizure of more than 1,000 kilos…
For days, the message circulated on WhatsApp chats, warning of an imminent attack. The message, which claimed to be from Jeff Laros, the sanctioned leader of Haiti’s so-called Taliban gang, didn’t specify when or where.…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation, senior U.N. officials warned Wednesday. An estimated 90% of the…
CAP-HAITIEN — A new briefing by United Nations chief António Guterres on the worsening gang violence in Haiti is challenging the Trump administration’s view that conditions inside the volatile Caribbean nation have “improved enough” for…
Violence against children in Haiti increased by nearly 500% last year, according to a United Nations report, ranking the Caribbean nation as dangerous a place for children war-torn Gaza, the Democratic Republic of the Congo,…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang violence has displaced a record 1.3 million people across Haiti as the local government and international community struggle to contain the spiraling crisis, according to a new report released today. The U.N.’s International…
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The top U.N. official in Haiti sounded an alarm to the U.N. Security Council on Monday that escalating gang violence is liable to lead the Caribbean nation to “a point of no…
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United Nations, UN, special representative to the troubled Haiti has warned that the country is approaching a “point of no return” leading to “total chaos.” Rampant gang violence has surged in Haiti…
NEW YORK (AP) — The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British Prime Minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana. And former BBC journalist Laura…