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PublishedJune 15, 2024
Haitian leaders oust police chief and appoint a new one as gang violence claims officers’ lives
More than 2,500 people have been killed or injured across Haiti in the first three months of the year as gang violence continues to surge.
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PublishedMay 24, 2024
Young missionary couple from U.S. among 3 killed by gunmen in Haiti’s capital, family says
The slayings occurred as Haiti’s capital crumbles under the relentless assault of violent gangs that control 80% of Port-au-Prince.
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PublishedApril 25, 2024
Ariel Henry resigns as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
It's hoped that political change will help quell the gang violence that has killed thousands.
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PublishedApril 11, 2024
A journalist. An army sergeant. An 80-year-old patient. Haitian human rights group details gang toll
A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs amid a political vacuum.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2024
Haiti’s transitional council signals its creation is nearly complete
The council members pledged to 'execute a clear action plan aimed at restoring public and democratic order.'
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PublishedMarch 23, 2024
For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return
Haitian Bridge Alliance has been contacting immigrants in the United States and Canada and finding many have family trapped in gang warfare, said Guerline Jozef, the advocacy group’s executive director.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
Looting is on the rise in Haiti. Among the victims: UNICEF and Guatemala’s consul
Looting and overall violence has further cut some of the country's most vulnerable from basic supplies.
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PublishedMarch 13, 2024
Plan to install new leaders in Haiti appears to crumble after political parties reject it
The Caribbean country has been overrun by gangs. The violence has closed schools and businesses and disrupted daily life across Haiti.
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PublishedMarch 12, 2024
Haiti is preparing for new leadership. Gangs want a seat at the table.
Gangs have deep ties to Haiti’s political and economic elite, but they have become more independent, financing their operations with kidnapping ransoms to buy smuggled weapons.
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PublishedMarch 10, 2024
U.S. flies forces in to beef up security at embassy in Haiti and evacuate nonessential personnel
Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, traveled to Kenya to push for the U.N.-backed deployment of a police force from the East African country to fight the gangs. But a Kenyan court ruled such a deployment would be unconstitutional.
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