Gangs in Haiti are guilty of widespread crimes against children, including rape and killing, Amnesty International has said. In a new report published on Wednesday, the NGO said that escalating ...

Gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and the surrounding locality has produced a wave of human rights abuses against children, Amnesty International reported on Wednesday. Violence by ...

United Nations officials in Haiti are calling for the immediate end to the recruitment and use of children by armed groups as three more gangs were added to the secretary-general’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A child at a shelter for families displaced by gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 16, 2026. - Odelyn Joseph/AP As a ...

UNICEF’s Executive Director calls on the international community to step up and support humanitarian response and recovery efforts in Haiti as children and families continue to suffer: “Now is the ...

Hunger and poverty are compelling Haitian children to join criminal groups, according to a Human Rights Watch report published on Wednesday. Children who become part of criminal groups are forced into ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Spiraling violence in Haiti has displaced 680,000 children, nearly twice as many as a year ago, as armed groups tighten control and public services collapse, UNICEF ...

First graders attend class during summer classes at École National Louis Borno de Léogâne in Léogâne, Haiti. Many of the students were displaced by the gang violence in Port-au-Prince and neighboring ...

2 December 2024 - As Haiti grapples with escalating violence and systemic collapse, its children are bearing the brunt of a multipronged crisis that threatens their lives, safety, and future. That was ...

Oct 3 (Reuters) - One in six children in Haiti is facing emergency food insecurity, just one step away from famine, according to a report from charity Save the Children published on Thursday. Haiti is ...

Residents displaced by gang attacks receive assistance from the Civil Protection and the World Food Program (Pam) as an anti-gang operation continue in the Kenscoff district, in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti ...

Multiple threats to children’s health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence and displacement. A look at what UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently needed ...