Haiti News » Ouest (Port Au Prince) News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Social: 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) » Social: 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) » Social: At least 2 journalists killed in shooting during hospital reopening in Haiti
Haiti's online media association said two reporters were killed and several others were wounded in a suspected gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince's biggest public hospital.
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Social: Haiti gang attack on journalists covering a hospital reopening leaves 2 dead, several wounded
Haiti’s online media association said two reporters were killed and several others were wounded in a gang attack on Tuesday on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital. Street gangs ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Social: 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) » Social: Mass gang attack in Haiti leaves 47 dead, over 50 kidnapped as violence ravages nation
At least 47 people were killed and more than 50 others kidnapped when armed men attacked a once-peaceful community near Haiti’s capital earlier this week, the United Nations said Tuesday. It is ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Social: 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) » Social: 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) » Social: Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti's capital as gangs ratchet up violence
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti's capital that hadn't already been fully taken over ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Social: UN staff in Haiti told to stay off streets after gang coalition flexes muscle, US Marines face gunfire
Threats from Haitian gangs reportedly prompted the United Nations (U.N.) and foreign embassies to advise staff to stay off the streets of the capital Port-au-Prince Monday. U.N. security directed ...
News Haiti » Ouest (Port-au-Prince) » Social: Haiti could be ‘completely isolated’ as gunfire closes main airport again
Haiti’s main international airport remains shut down for the second time this year after three United States commercial passenger planes were hit by suspected gang gunfire, leaving the conflict-torn ...