Haiti, Gang Violence
UN Expert Warns Haiti Gang Violence Is Spreading: 'Race Against Time'
William O'Neill, the UN Haitian human rights expert, warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading in the Caribbean country.
Haiti’s insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN rights expert says
A U.N. human rights expert says that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals remains underfunded and understaffed.
Gang Violence and Mass Displacement Ravage Haiti
Amid the ongoing civil unrest in Haiti due to gang violence, levels of internal displacement have soared. Mass internal displacements in Haiti have led to a host of adverse consequences. This includes a disruption of schooling,
Haiti: UN expert sounds the alarm over growing gang violence
A UN expert says Haiti is in a "race against time," as gangs' control over the capital and the massive displacement of the population deepens the country's crisis.The Haitian people are suffering greatly due to the growing control of criminal gangs,
Gang violence escalates in Haiti amid funding shortages face by UN mission
O’Neill highlights gangs are expanding into new territories while weapons and ammunition flow into the country
UN rights expert warns of severe crisis in Haiti due to gang violence, food insecurity
The Haitian people are suffering gravely at the hands of powerful criminal gangs, while an international security force and local police are badly lacking resources to protect them, a top UN expert said Friday.
Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and ...
As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis
Thus far, a UN-backed force of 400 police from Kenya and about two dozen Jamaican officers have done little to quell the ...
They moved back a decade ago. Now they’re struggling amid Haiti’s economic collapse
Ten years ago, Boursiquot and his wife Marguerite Baril-Boursiquot, both Haitian, did what many in the country’s burgeoning ...
Kenyan president stops in Haiti en route to UN. A key Haitian leader is not going
After arriving onboard a Kenya Airways flight at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Ruto descended ...
Haiti creates a provisional electoral council to prepare for the first elections since 2016
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government on Wednesday created a provisional electoral council long sought by the ...
From Tennessee to California, families seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
Adopted children living in orphanages across Haiti have endured multiple emergency evacuations as gangs pillage and plunder ...