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UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

‘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
Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
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Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations and…
Posted by John McCarthy November 25, 2024
Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission
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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.…
Posted by John McCarthy November 21, 2024
Haiti replaces its prime minister, marking more turmoil in transition process
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Haiti replaces its prime minister, marking more turmoil in transition process

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti signed a decree Sunday firing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé,…
Posted by John McCarthy November 11, 2024

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