The Biden administration on Friday pledged $100 million in support for a prospective, Kenyan-led multinational force that would be deployed to Haiti. The international community’s plans to assemble such a security unit stem from the Caribbean nation’s struggles with rampant gang violence
Kenya’s president committed his country to leading a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by the United States government. President William Ruto spoke Wednesday at a ceremony establishing diplomatic
The United Nations has announced that Haiti witnessed a notable surge in violence during the period from April to June, with 1,860 reported cases of killings, injuries or abductions. This represents a 14% increase compared to the preceding three months. The escalation
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday urged all U.S. citizens to leave the Caribbean country of Haiti as soon as possible. “Given the current security situation and infrastructure challenges, U.S. citizens in Haiti should depart Haiti as soon as possible via commercial
The director of Haiti’s National Police vowed Monday to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to try and rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them.
Savage attacks by thugs in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince have left at least 30 people dead as the country suffers from widespread gang violence. The attacks over the last few days have also left dozens injured, four people are missing. The criminal gang
A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation’s capital. The call by Human Rights Watch comes
A U.S. nurse who was released by Haitian kidnappers last week revealed that a Christian song called “See a Victory” was her rallying cry after she and her young daughter were abducted from a school campus. Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter were
An American nurse and her young daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti last week have been released, according to the woman’s employer, El Roi Haiti. “It is with a heart of gratitude and immense joy that we at El Roi Haiti confirm
Residents in Haiti expressed concerns over Kenya offering to lead an international police force to combat the Caribbean country’s raging gang violence. Foreign interventions in Haiti were previously accompanied by sex crimes, Haitians claim. While past international interventions have wrecked the country,