Haiti News » Ouest (Port Au Prince) News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Exclusive: Inside Erik Prince’s secretive operation taking on Haiti’s gangs
As gangs roam Haiti’s capital, a weakened government has hired Erik Prince to spearhead a military-style crackdown — raising urgent questions about violence, accountability and whether the strategy is ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Gangs in Haiti target foreign troops in the biggest attack since a new force began operations
Gangs in Haiti have opened fire on an armored vehicle, leaving four soldiers from El Salvador unaccounted-for in the first major attack since an international gang suppression force began operations i ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Haiti: Gang members kill dozens near Port-au-Prince
At least 40 people were killed after gang members attacked displaced persons sheltering inside a church outside Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince, the local mayor and the United Nations said Monday ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Haiti struggles with rise in kidnappings as general election looms
Kidnappings are on the rise across Haiti. Gangs are increasingly targeting high-profile people and embracing mass abductions as the country pushes to hold long-awaited presidential elections.
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Gang coalition in Haiti spreads violence to Port-au-Prince neighborhood, setting fire to homes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang coalition on Saturday reinforced its attacks on one of the few communities in the Haitian capital not under the control of criminal groups, seeking to take it over.
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Five Salvadoran Soldiers Missing in Haiti After Ambush
Five Salvadoran soldiers, members of a new U.N.-backed force sent to stop gang violence in Haiti, were ambushed while out shopping near the capital on Sunday and were still missing several hours later ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Deadly Haiti drone attack kills eight children in capital Port-au-Prince
A deadly drone attack in an impoverished area of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, which killed at least 11 people, including eight children, is being blamed on the government, as the country’s use of ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Blinken announces aid, US support for peacekeeping force on Haiti visit
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has travelled to Haiti to show the United States’ support for a multinational effort to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation. Blinken arrived in ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): US extends ban on flights to Haiti's capital as gang violence surges
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has extended a ban on U.S. flights to Haiti’s capital until March as gang violence persists. The ban means that commercial operators ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Haiti expands state of emergency to cover entire territory
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Haiti has expanded its state of emergency to cover the entire nation's territory, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday, as the Caribbean ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges in the capital, U.S. Embassy says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s main airport temporarily shut down Monday as gangs attempted to seize control, the U.S. embassy reported, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince): Congressman opposes ending Haiti TPS after visit to Port-au-Prince: 'A disaster to send folks back right now'
A bipartisan congressional delegation visiting Haiti this week found conditions on the ground too dangerous to justify ending Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians living in ...