Haiti, UN and Cite Soleil

UN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in Haiti.
UN raises death toll for recent Cite Soleil massacre in Haiti’s capital
The UN now says 207 people were killed in a slum neighbourhood of the capital, Port-au-Prince, earlier this month.
Over 200 killed in Haiti's Cite Soleil massacre, UN report finds
In a new report on the massacre, the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights said at least 134 men and 73 women, most of them elderly residents accused of witchcraft, were killed in less than a week of mass executions,
Massacre in Cite Soleil: Unveiling Haiti's Grim Reality
A recent U.N. report reveals that the Wharf Jeremie gang killed at least 207 people in Cite Soleil, Haiti. The victims, mostly elderly residents, were accused of witchcraft. The attacks followed gang leader Monel 'Mikano' Felix's belief that Voudou caused his child's illness.
2 Reporters Killed In Gang Shootout In Haiti Capital: Media Group
Two journalists covering the reopening of a hospital in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince were killed Tuesday in a shootout involving gang members, a local media collective told AFP.
UN publishes new death toll from gang massacre in Haiti
The U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti said in a report that more than 207 people were killed by the Wharf Jeremie gang. The gang took people from their homes and from a place of worship, interrogated them and then executed them with bullets and machetes.
Haitians massacred for practicing voodoo were abducted, hacked to death: UN
A massacre of more than 200 people in Haiti this month followed a gang-ordered manhunt that saw victims, many of them elderly, pulled from their homes and shot or killed with machetes, the UN said Monday.
Journalists, police officer killed by gangs at reopening of Haiti’s largest hospital
Four journalists and a police officer were killed Tuesday after armed gangs opened fire on them inside an old military ...
Deadly attack on journalists underscores danger for media in Haiti
At least two journalists — including one who worked with Voice of America — were killed and at least seven other journalists ...
Gunmen Attack Haiti’s Largest Public Hospital, Killing at Least 3
Two journalists and a police officer died and at least seven others were wounded in the shooting before the reopening of a ...
UN-Backed Force Faces Relentless Gang Violence in Haiti's Capital
A Kenyan-led mission backed by the United Nations (U.N.) faces relentless gang violence in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince. Heavily armed gangs run 85 percent of Port-au-Prince and are fighting to ...
JetBlue Airways extends suspension on flights into Haiti until late April
JetBlue Airways, the only U.S. carrier that connects Haiti directly with South Florida and New York, has extended suspension ...
UN chief condemns Haiti violence, calls for investigation
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned gang violence and loss of life in Haiti, his ...
Can Cuba and Venezuela help rescue Haiti? Head of U.S.-backed transition is asking
Putting the country in the midst of regional political tug-of-war would not be the best way to advance security and ...
A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists says colleagues were cut down by bullets
A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory describes seeing colleagues cut down by bullets ...