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Former Haiti presidential candidate deported from US

Former Haitian senator and presidential candidate Moise Jean-Charles says he has been arrested in the United States and deported to Haiti. Mr Jean-Charles spoke briefly as he arrived at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in the capital ...

25 Jan 2022 at 22:25

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UN warns millions in Haiti facing acute hunger

A record 4.7 million people in Haiti are facing acute hunger, including 19,000 in catastrophic famine conditions for the first time, all in slums controlled by gangs in the capital, according to a UN report. The World Food Programme and Food and ...

15 Oct 2022 at 09:03

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Surge in gang violence sees more than 53,000 flee Haiti’s capital in three weeks

More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report. More than 60% are headed to Haiti’s rural southern region, which worries UN ...

03 Apr 2024 at 08:09

UK warns against all travel to Haiti as violence continues

The UK Government is warning against all travel to Haiti amid intense fighting and spiralling gang violence in the Caribbean country. Attacks on key government targets across the capital, Port-au-Prince, began on February 29, orchestrated by ...

11 Mar 2024 at 17:17

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Haiti police say Port-au-Prince city centre ‘at war’ in latest gang attacks

Haitian police were overwhelmed by a series of co-ordinated violent attacks by gang members across the capital in which four officers were killed, a spokesman for the national force has said. The attacks on Thursday in Port-au-Prince were ...

02 Mar 2024 at 08:42

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Gangs lay siege to neighbourhoods in fresh outbreak of violence in Haiti

Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early on Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime ...

02 May 2024 at 20:16

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At least 12 killed as gangs unleash fresh attacks in Haiti’s capital

Gangs attacked two neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital early on Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas. Gunmen looted homes in the communities of Laboule and Thomassin before sunrise, forcing ...

18 Mar 2024 at 17:31

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UN hits out at rising death toll and human rights violations in Haiti

The UN human rights office has expressed concern about rising violence around Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, saying 99 people have been reported killed in recent fighting between rival gangs in the Cite Soleil district alone. ...

16 Jul 2022 at 21:47

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American nurse and young daughter freed after abduction in Haiti

American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter have been freed – nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in Haiti’s capital, according to aid organisation El Roi Haiti. The Christian group founded by Ms Dorsainvil’s ...

09 Aug 2023 at 15:58

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Death toll from floods caused by heavy rain hits 42, officials say

The death toll from the heavy floods that hit Haiti over the weekend has risen to 42, with another 11 people missing, authorities said on Monday. At least 85 people are injured, and more than 13,600 homes were flooded, ...

05 Jun 2023 at 18:56

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Gangs control 60% of Haiti’s capital, UN chief says

Close to 60% of Haiti’s capital is dominated by gangs whose violence and sexual attacks have caused thousands to flee their homes, the UN humanitarian chief in the Caribbean nation has said. Ulrika Richardson said ...

09 Dec 2022 at 08:57

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UN-backed foreign police arrive in Haiti to face gangs

The first UN-backed contingent of foreign police has arrived in Haiti, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence. Around 200 police officers ...

25 Jun 2024 at 14:45

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