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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, after brushing off a call…

John McCarthy October 6, 2024

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Investigators in Haiti accuse three members of transitional presidential council of corruption

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — An anti-corruption agency in Haiti on Wednesday accused three members of the country’s transitional presidential council of bribery in a scathing report that threatens to destabilize the country’s fragile…

John McCarthy October 5, 2024

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A gang in Haiti has killed more than 20 and injured dozens after raiding a small town, official says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti early Thursday, killing more than 20 people, including children, according to a human rights group. Another 50 people…

John McCarthy October 4, 2024

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Hunger in Haiti reaches famine levels as gangs squeeze life out of the capital and beyond

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Nearly 6,000 people in Haiti are starving, with nearly half the country’s population of more than 11 million people experiencing crisis levels of hunger or worse as…

John McCarthy October 2, 2024

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Haiti says it supports a UN peacekeeping mission to fight the country’s violent gangs

NEW YORK (AP) — The president of Haiti’s transitional presidential council announced Thursday that he supports a U.N. peacekeeping mission to fight gang violence still overwhelming authorities. It was the…

John McCarthy September 28, 2024

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Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets

NEW YORK (AP) — A strange moment in American politics paid a visit to the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, brought there by a top Haitian official. Edgard Leblanc Fils,…

John McCarthy September 27, 2024

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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 U.N.-backed mission in neighboring Haiti…

John McCarthy September 26, 2024

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Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Kenya’s President William Ruto arrived in Haiti on Saturday, claiming that because of a Kenyan police force battling gangs “the country’s security has significantly improved.” Ruto’s claim…

John McCarthy September 22, 2024

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Haiti’s insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN rights expert says

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country remains underfunded and…

John McCarthy September 21, 2024

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Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Haiti’s government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council long sought by the international community to prepare the troubled Caribbean country for its first general elections since 2016. Smith…

John McCarthy September 18, 2024