Haiti News » Ouest (Port Au Prince) News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: 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) » Culture: Gang activity in Haiti's Ouest department, June 2024
Janes recorded a significant reduction in gang raids and attacks on infrastructure in June compared with May The reduction in violence likely indicated that gangs had prioritised consolidating control ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: 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 ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: 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) » Culture: 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) » Culture: 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) » Culture: 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) » Culture: Haiti’s ‘Resistance Artists’ believe in new beginnings
Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: Haiti gang retaliation leaves at least 11 dead after security operation
At least 11 people were killed on Monday in Haiti's central Artibonite region by gang members after a deadly security operation, the local mayor said.
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: Port-au-Prince is about to fall to gangs. So is it 'crazy' to send Haitians here back to Haiti?
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... As violent gangs move to take full possession of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, the U.S. is advising Americans not to travel to Haiti — prompting security ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
Michigan health officials are investigating a confirmed case of influenza A H1N2 variant, commonly known as swine flu, in an Ionia County resident who exhibited swine at the Kent County Youth Fair.
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Culture: A coalition of gangs is close to capturing the Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince
Outnumbered and outgunned - that's the status of the police force and United Nations-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti as the transitional government there struggles against a coalition of gangs.