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Haiti: UN relief chief implores ‘we have to do better’ to support gang-ravaged nation

Gang violence, hunger and instability continues to roil Haiti as the UN relief chief declared on Wednesday that “we have…

11 months ago

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Haiti ‘shamefully overlooked’, warns Guterres

Haitians are enduring a “perfect storm of suffering” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence…

11 months ago

Latin America and Caribbean: Millions more children could face poverty due to climate change

Climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into…

11 months ago

UN rights chief decries ‘relentless intensification’ of US sanctions against International Criminal Court staff

His call comes a day after four more Court personnel – two judges and two deputy prosecutors – were slapped…

12 months ago

International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence

The sanctions target judges Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France, as well as two deputy prosecutors: Nazhat…

12 months ago

First Person: ‘Tomorrow is too late’ to scale up humanitarian aid in Haiti

Women and girls face the brunt of this crisis. Gender-based violence (GBV) such as gang rape is rampant, particularly in…

12 months ago

The world has the tools to end Haiti’s crisis – it’s time to use them

“I often feel that I cannot even find words any longer to describe the situation. Is it alarming, is it…

12 months ago

From crisis to cultivation: Haiti’s farmers build resilience one seed at a time

Instead of having seeds which sprout reliably, farmers contend with batches which may grow only 40 or 50 per cent…

12 months ago

Haiti: More than 1,500 killed between April and June

Between the beginning of April and the end of June, armed violence in Haiti has killed 1,520 people and injured…

1 year ago

Haitians in ‘despair’ following abrupt suspension of US humanitarian support

The cancellation of most US funding in January means many services to the most vulnerable people have been cut or…

1 year ago