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More than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year by armed gangs, UN says
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More than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year by armed gangs, UN says

PORT-AU-PRINCE — At least 5,601 people were killed and more than 2,000 injured by armed gangs in Haiti last year, the United Nations human-rights office said Tuesday, calling for the…
Posted by John McCarthy January 8, 2025
The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage
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The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — More than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence, officials said Tuesday. The…
Posted by John McCarthy January 7, 2025
For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future
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For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and…
Posted by John McCarthy January 3, 2025
UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
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UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The United Nations raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in…
Posted by John McCarthy December 24, 2024
Haiti’s shaky transition needs saving, say political leaders. They want CARICOM to intervene
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Haiti’s shaky transition needs saving, say political leaders. They want CARICOM to intervene

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haitian political leaders are accusing the political party of former President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and its allies of trying to hijack the country’s shaky transition process —and they want…
Posted by John McCarthy December 15, 2024
Haiti’s new prime minister promises security to a country reeling from recent massacres
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Haiti’s new prime minister promises security to a country reeling from recent massacres

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s prime minister held his first press conference Thursday since being appointed more than a month ago to oversee the troubled Caribbean country reeling from recent massacres as Haitians…
Posted by John McCarthy December 13, 2024
A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son’s death
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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,…
Posted by John McCarthy December 10, 2024
Cassava in Haiti, Cuba and three other nations placed on UNESCO cultural heritage list
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Cassava in Haiti, Cuba and three other nations placed on UNESCO cultural heritage list

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Finally, some good news for Haiti courtesy of the United Nations cultural organization and its annual list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity. The group, which previously recognized…
Posted by John McCarthy December 6, 2024
‘Haiti is one of the worst places on the planet to be a child.’ UN groups sound alarm
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‘Haiti is one of the worst places on the planet to be a child.’ UN groups sound alarm

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Haiti’s children are hungry, many of them malnourished and on the verge of starving. Fleeing burnt out homes, they account for 365,000 of the more than 700,000 Haitians…
Posted by John McCarthy December 4, 2024
The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says
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The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti has surged by 70% in the past year PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gangs in Haiti…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2024

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