Haiti mission will be futile without more funds, police

  In October 2023, the UN Security Council backed Kenya's offer to lead a multinational security force to Haiti. [AFP] Kenya took a bold step to send police officers to Haiti to restore law and order in the troubled nation whose president Jovenel Moise …

Haiti’s public health minister dismissed after gang attack kills journalists, police officer

Overview: Dr. Duckenson Lorthé Blema, minister of public health and population (MSPP), was dismissed following a deadly attack by the "Viv Ansanm" gang during the attempted reopening of the State University Hospital of Haiti (HUEH) on Dec. 24. …

Brian Nichols, claims that the USA prevented Haiti from collapsing...

Haiti - FLASH : Brian Nichols, claims that the USA prevented Haiti from collapsing... 28/12/2024 08:07:47 Friday, December 27, 2024, in an op-ed published in the Miami Herald, Brian A. Nichols, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs at …

Much effort required in 2025 – outgoing CARICOM Chair on Haiti

Little Haiti BK, key defendant in NYC Haitian parade case, undergoes transition | Part 2 of 3

Overview: Nonprofit Little Haiti BK’s alleged role in the 2023 New York Haitian Heritage Parade signals broader challenges it is aiming to confront as both its management and the community shift over the past few years. This report is part 2 of 3. BROOKLYN …

Haiti Removes Health Minister Following Gang Attack on Public Hospital

Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince. In a statement published on Thursday, Haiti’s transitional council named the justice minister as interim …

For Haiti’s kids, servitude in gangs, death on the streets leave little room for a future

A Kenyan police officer, part of a UN-backed multinational force, runs to take cover from an exchange of gunfire between gangs and police at the Kenyan base in the Delmas neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (Odelyn Joseph/AP) …

Haiti’s destiny ‘bright’ despite terrifying escalation of violence

Haiti is faced with a multifaceted crisis including rising gang violence, political instability, the displacement of over 700,000 people as well as widespread hunger. UNICEF has reported a sharp increase in the recruitment of minors by armed gangs, with …

For Haiti’s children, servitude in gangs and death on the streets leave little room for a future

The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and the boys know how to use them. One aims his pistol at the Haitian police officers engaging …

Haití: bandas criminales asesinan a dos periodistas

En un ataque armado indiscriminado perpetrado en el acto de reapertura del Hospital de la Universidad Estatal de Haití, los periodistas Jimmy Jean y Marckendy Natoux perdieron su vida y otrxs siete quedaron heridxs. La Federación Internacional de …