Haitian

Haitian children ‘paying the highest price’ amid surge in gang recruitment

Children now constitute around half of the gang members who have taken de facto control of large swathes of the…

3 months ago

Haitian gangs expand reach as police are accused of ‘summary executions’

At least 26 gangs operate in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas with “alarming levels of violence.” Some 1.4 million…

5 months ago

Record cocaine seizure in Haitian waters underlines country’s ‘pivotal’ trafficking role

Haiti is in the grip of a security crisis as gangs battle for control of territory in the capital and…

9 months ago

Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violence

The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet.Once a place of learning,…

1 year ago

Haitian capital ‘paralysed and isolated’ by gang violence, Security Council hears

 Since January, the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), recorded over 4,000 individuals deliberately killed – a 24 per cent…

1 year ago

UN warns of rising deportations of Haitian mothers and newborns from Dominican Republic

According to the UN migration agency, IOM, recent weeks have seen an increase in the deportation of women, including those…

1 year ago

Haitian media struggle to survive in face of attacks, revenue collapse

The Caribbean island nation is facing humanitarian, economic and political crises in addition to the break-down of law and order.In…

1 year ago