The head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Maria Isabel Salvador, says the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) country is showing signs of progress on the political front despite serious setbacks in terms of security.
Gangs could overrun Haiti capital if aid falls short
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged the international community to provide urgent additional financial support to the Mission to prevent gangs from taking over the entire metropolitan area of
Corruption and money laundering continue to undermine prospects for stability in Haiti, while enabling trafficking and organized crime.”
The latest attacks occurred a day after gangs shot up an armored vehicle belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Haiti as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked country
I want to thank you for helping my America, my Colombia, achieve freedom,” he said. “You even gave us our flag.”
The 17 Colombians accused of involvement in the plot to assassinate Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021 appeared before the Court of Appeal in Port-au-Prince on Monday. The hearing was postponed due to the absence of two Haitian suspects,
Now that Doctors Without Borders teams are back in Haiti and can again treat the burgeoning number of gang sexual violence victims, the nonprofit has launched a media campaign to raise global awareness of that horrific plague.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The young boy wore a suit and bow tie to his stepfather’s funeral on Saturday, where he demanded a handkerchief and wiped tears off his mother’s face as they buried Marckendy Natoux, one of two journalists killed by gangs in Haiti.
His foreign minister just abruptly resigned. A deadly wave of violence between fighting guerrilla groups is endangering his nation’s hard-won peace accord, and 17 of his countrymen, former soldiers accused in the July 2021 assassination of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse,
The United Nations chief issued a warning in a report released on Wednesday about the escalating threat posed by gangs in Haiti, emphasizing that without additional international support for the