Haitian police arrest ex-lawmaker long accused of arming gangs to influence elections
Police in Haiti have arrested a former legislator long accused of arming gangs in the country’s central region and previously sanctioned by the U.S. and Canada.
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UN migration agency says gang violence in Haiti leads to tripling of internally displaced people
Port-au-Prince, has fueled a near-doubling of displacement there and a collapse of health care and other services, and worsening food insecurity. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world.
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Remembering the 2010 earthquake that killed over 300,000 in Haiti
Haitians marked the 15th anniversary of a tragedy on Sunday. A 38-second-long earthquake hit west of Port-au-Prince at 4:53 p ...
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Haiti welcomes nearly 800 new police officers
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The Haitian government has welcomed the integration of 739 recruits, including 213 women, into the Haitian National Police (PNH) as the French-speaking Caribbean ...
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Over 1 million Haitians forced to flee by gangs face ghastly conditions in camps, UN says
The number of Haitians who have been forced to flee their homes by gang violence tripled over the past year, bringing the number to more than 1 million, the International Organization for ...
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Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no 'clear strategy'
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last ... at least 207 people were massacred in the capital city Port-au-Prince by the Wharf Jérémie gang. The victims, many of them elderly, were ...
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Former police director general sworn in as Haiti’s secretary of state for public security
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The former director general of the Haitian National Police (NHP), Mario Andrésol, has been sworn in as the new secretary of state for public security, with Prime ...
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More than 1 million people displaced by raging Haiti gang violence, UN says
Armed gangs within Haiti now have near-total control over the capital Port-au-Prince and wide remit over the rest of the country. An international mission approved last year tasked with restoring ...
15 years later: Deadly Haiti earthquake and those now living in Montreal
Fifteen years ago a deadly earthquake killed hundreds of thousands in Haiti. While the repercussions are still being felt, ...
Haitians in South Florida commemorate anniversary of devastating Jan. 12, 2010 earthquake
The disaster, which nearly destroyed the country’s capital of Port-au-Prince, claimed more than 300,000 lives, according to the Haitian government. Another 1.5 million people were injured and 1.5 ...
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Mourners bury journalist killed in one of Haiti’s worst attacks on reporters
(AP Video by Pierre Luxama) Relatives cry by the coffin of journalist Jimmy Jean, who was killed during an armed gang attack on the General Hospital, during his church funeral service in the ...
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Ministries in Haiti face challenges as Cap-Haïtien sees population surge
Roseline DeHart remembers when her home was a quieter town. But the unrest of last year in Port-au-Prince, including a prison ...