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The International Organization for Migration says gang violence displaced 13,000 Haitians in February. According to a report, armed gangs control more than 80% of the capital. Click here for the full story in Creole.
The Haitian artist and writer known as Frankétienne, who published the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole and who, as the nation’s foremost literary lion, refracted its chaos and disorder through art, died on Thursday at his home in Port-au-Prince, the nation’s capital. He was 88. The Haitian Culture Ministry announced the death. The…
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has ruled out transitioning the multinational security support mission (MSS) in Haiti into a U.N. peacekeeping force for now, and is instead recommending creating a U.N. support mission to back the MSS that will be funded through the U.N. peacekeeping budget. “Such a transition could be considered, once…
A Kenyan police officer was killed in Haiti on Sunday in an operation that was part of the international effort to help combat gang violence and restore order to the Caribbean nation, officials said. It appears to be the first death of a Kenyan officer working as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission, the…
Follow the latest news on the Trump administration. The Trump administration on Thursday cut protections for hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States, putting them on track to be targeted for deportation this summer, according to government documents and an official with the Department of Homeland Security. The decision was signed this week…
Haitian migrants get off a plane after U .S. authorities flew them out of a Texas border city where thousands of mostly Haitians had gathered under a bridge after crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico September 19, 2021. Ralph Tedy Erol | Reuters The Trump administration on Thursday canceled an extension of Temporary Protected Status for…
The Haitian government announced Wednesday it is canceling the national carnival that was going to be held in the northern border town of Fort Liberte. Officials cited security concerns. Various groups also had complained about the huge expenditure at a time when gang violence continues to rise, threatening the safety of thousands of revelers who…
The U.S. State Department gave Haiti’s National Police force equipment such as vehicles and other items to be used in the effort to tackle gang violence and reestablish security. American Ambassador Dennis Hankins spoke at a ceremony in Port-au-Prince, where he announced the U.S. was giving Haiti’s police force and the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Force…
A fresh injection of about 150 foreign officers arrived in Haiti this weekend to bolster an international security force charged with reigning in the powerful and well-armed gangs that have inflicted so much misery on the country for months. But if the past is any guide this latest infusion is unlikely to make much of…
A deadly gang attack in Haiti earlier this week that killed two journalists and wounded seven more underscores the dangers facing journalists in a nation that has been plagued by gang violence for years. At least two journalists — including one who worked with Voice of America — were killed and at least seven other…
