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Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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…
Posted by John McCarthy September 22, 2024
Haiti’s insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN rights expert says
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News Crime News

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…
Posted by John McCarthy September 21, 2024
Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016
Posted inBreaking News Caribbean News International News

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…
Posted by John McCarthy September 18, 2024
Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti
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Jamaica to deploy a limited number of soldiers and police to help fight gangs in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness announced Tuesday that his country would send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led…
Posted by John McCarthy September 11, 2024
Proposed resolution asks UN to plan for UN peacekeepers to replace Kenya-led police mission in Haiti
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Proposed resolution asks UN to plan for UN peacekeepers to replace Kenya-led police mission in Haiti

NEW YORK (AP) — The United States and Ecuador circulated a draft resolution on Friday asking the United Nations to begin planning for a U.N. peacekeeping operation to replace the…
Posted by John McCarthy September 7, 2024
UN renews appeal for help for Haiti as more people go hungry and homeless
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UN renews appeal for help for Haiti as more people go hungry and homeless

PORT-AU-PRINCE — Half of the population in Haiti is not getting enough to eat and barely a quarter of the hospitals are operating at normal levels. And between March and…
Posted by John McCarthy August 28, 2024
Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital
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Security officers cover Haiti’s prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — Security officers had to fire shots Monday to cover Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille’s exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Monday, the prime minister’s office said.…
Posted by John McCarthy July 30, 2024
UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant
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UN fund warns of $23 million deficit in Haiti’s education system as it announces grant

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — No chairs. Missing blackboards. A lack of bathrooms. Schools in Haiti’s capital and beyond are crumbling as gang violence deepens poverty and disrupts basic government services as…
Posted by John McCarthy July 27, 2024
‘You have a job to do’: U.S. envoy pushes elections in visit with Haiti’s leaders
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‘You have a job to do’: U.S. envoy pushes elections in visit with Haiti’s leaders

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The United States’ top envoy to the United Nations visited a crisis-wrecked Haiti this week during which she announced tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian and security…
Posted by John McCarthy July 25, 2024
US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti
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US ambassador announces $60 million in aid and new resources for police during visit to Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip Monday to the troubled Caribbean country. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield also…
Posted by John McCarthy July 23, 2024

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