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Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a United Nations-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons, police stations, and the main international airport ...
Why Haiti’s gangs are gaining ground despite the presence of an international armed force
There is a level of underestimation of the power of the gangs, not only the way they operate, but their capacity to hold the terrain, their capacity to know the terrain, their capacity to fight or not fight,
UN mulls Haiti peacekeeping force as gangs ramp up warfare
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced broad support for converting a security mission helping Haitian police fight escalating gang warfare into a formal U.
US steps up campaign to transform Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping force
The United States has stepped up its campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force, spurred by escalating gang violence that shut all air traffic to the capital Port-au-Prince this week.
Haiti Wonders What's Next as Gang Violence Surges and UN Peacekeeping Mission Flops
When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to quell gang violence, hopes were high
Haiti’s unelected prime minister ousted amid surging gang and state violence, increasing social misery
Haiti’s interim prime minister was ousted last week by the Transitional Council—the government “oversight mechanism” that the ...
UN to resume aid flights to Haiti after planes hit by gunfire
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service will restart flights to Haiti on Wednesday after around a week's hiatus and ...
Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission
UNITED NATIONS -- Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in ...
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More than 100 suspected gang members have been killed as vigilantism grows in Haiti
READ MORE: Why Haiti’s gangs are gaining ground despite the presence ... in Port-au-Prince since the United Nations’ ...
Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti’s capital, citing police threats
The humanitarian group accused authorities in the lawless Haitian capital of repeatedly stopping its vehicles and threatening ...
Haiti’s Many Problems and Very Few Solutions, Explained
A search for a solution to the crisis in Haiti is growing more urgent as gangs gain territory and thousands more flee their ...
Northern Haiti airports reopened to US flights
U.S. flights to six airports in northern Haiti can resume this week, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
‘Haiti on Fire’: Rolling Stone Dives Into the Country’s Deadly Gang War
Haiti on Fire, a 27-minute film from Blackbeard Films, XTR, and Rolling Stone Films, attempts to cut through the hype ...
French President Macron decries firing of Haiti’s prime minister, calls decision ‘dumb’
French President Emmanuel Macron, who is visiting several South American nations during his attendance at this week’s G20 ...