The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) Friday expressed alarm at the continuing deterioration of citizen security and the increase in violence by armed gangs in Haiti. The IACHR, a principal,
Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of over a million people in the past year, according to the UN, highlighting the extreme humanitarian consequences of their increasing control over the country.
Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country’s central region and previously sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada
Transitional Council Advisor Fritz Alphonse Jean held a high-level meeting at the Haitian Embassy in Washington with representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary
Police in Haiti have arrested a former Haitian lawmaker, Prophane Victor, for allegedly arming gangs.
The gang, armed with rifles powerful enough to pierce an armored vehicle, is believed to have attacked from an alleyway along a winding dirt road between the embassy and the housing compound that isn’t always visible even when security measures are taken.
Prince, an armed gang opened fire on an armored van belonging to the US Embassy. As a result of the attack, a staff member of the diplomatic mission was injured, reports the Miami Herald. It is reported that the injured individual was a gardener working at the US Embassy residential complex.
ISTANBULMore than one million people are now displaced in Haiti due to escalating gang violence, with many forced to flee multiple times, according to t
Prophane Victor, an ex-member of Parliament who represented the Petite Riviere community of the Artibonite region, was arrested on Sunday in the capital, Port-au-Prince, according to Haiti’s ...
(Tribune News Service) — An armed gang opened fire on an armored U.S. Embassy van in Port-au-Prince on Monday, wounding an employee, sources confirmed to the Miami Herald.
In Port-au-Prince alone, where the largest number of homeless are located, displacement has nearly doubled, rising by 87% fueled by relentless gang violence, the collapse of essential services, particularly healthcare,
The US failure to effectively support the mission it pushed for has left the Kenyan police on the ground in an impossible Catch-22 situation.