UN chief urges international aid in visit to gang-ravaged Haiti
Port-au-PrinceReuters United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, visiting Haiti’s capital on Saturday, said international aid has not met the impoverished country’s growing humanitarian needs, and urged more support for the Haitian police to fight gangs. The visit was meant to spotlight the crises facing the Caribbean country as it struggles to combat violent gangs that have […]
“Situation worsening”: In Haiti, a crisis of violence, chaos, and cholera goes largely ignored by outside world
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service reports that charities do what they can to help the impoverished nation, but international action is needed to bring order and restore infrastructure, experts on the ground say…
Power grab: As UN mulls sending troops to Haiti, a gang’s rise shows how hard that would be
BRIAN ELLSWORTH, of Reuters, reports on how Haiti’s gangs have expanded their power since the shocking 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, and the difficulties now facing Prime Minister Ariel Henry in restoring order to the country…
UN urges end to Haiti gangs weapons supply; China wanted embargo
United Nations Reuters The United Nations Security Council on Friday unanimously threatened targeted sanctions against criminal gangs and human rights abusers in Haiti and called on countries to stop a flow of guns to the strife-torn Caribbean country. Violence has soared since the assassination last year of President Jovenel Moise, which created a political vacuum […]
Haiti marks anniversary of Moise murder as gang violence spirals
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti on Thursday commemorated the one-year anniversary of the murder of President Jovenel Moise, whose killing created a power vacuum and allowed the country’s gangs to expand their territory and even take over the headquarters of the nation’s courts. Haitian police have arrested more than 40 people but have yet to charge […]
Haiti PM fires prosecutor seeking charges against him in President’s killing
Havana, CubaReuters Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Tuesday replaced the chief public prosecutor who had been seeking charges against him as a suspect in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, plunging the country into a fresh political crisis. Moise was shot dead on 7th July when assassins stormed his private residence in the hills […]
Updated: Rescuers race to find Haiti quake survivors as death toll hits 1,297
Updated: 9am (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters The death toll from a devastating earthquake in Haiti rose to 1,297 on Sunday as neighboring countries rushed to send aid and rescuers scrambled to find survivors buried beneath the rumble before a tropical storm hits. The 7.2 magnitude quake on Saturday destroyed thousands of homes and buildings in a Caribbean […]
One month after Haitian President slain, painful confusion prevails
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A month after assassins slipped into President Jovenel Moise’s private residence under the cover of nightfall and carried out a brazen attack on the head of state, the Caribbean country remains far from any clarity about the crime or emotional closure. Haitian authorities claim a group of foreign mercenaries assassinated the 53-year-old […]
Violent protests mar funeral of slain Haiti President
Cap-Haitien, Haiti Reuters Haiti bid a rowdy farewell to assassinated President Jovenel Moise on Friday as his funeral was roiled by nearby gunfire and protests, prompting a high-level US delegation to leave abruptly and other dignitaries to duck into vehicles for safety. The state funeral in the northern city of Cap-Haitien was intended to foster […]
Updated: Haiti police arrest suspect in President’s assassination
Updated: 2.30pm (AEST)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian police said on Sunday they had arrested one of the suspected masterminds in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise, a Haitian man whom authorities accused of hiring mercenaries to oust and replace Moise. Moise was shot dead early on Wednesday at his Port-au-Prince home by what Haitian authorities describe as a […]