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 […]
Haiti police block streets, break into airport to protest officer killings
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country’s main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation. Demonstrators break into the Toussaint Louverture International Airport to protest the recent killings of police officers by armed gangs, in […]
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…
Explainer – What’s driving Haiti’s humanitarian crisis?
Reuters Haiti is facing a humanitarian crisis, with shortages of food, fuel and water causing catastrophic hunger, and the government pleading for military assistance from abroad. What is causing the crisis?The trigger for the current crisis is the blockade of a key fuel terminal by armed gangs that began in September. That has led to […]
Haiti’s PM Henry calls for foreign help amid gang blockade
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry on Wednesday called on the international community to help the Caribbean nation, as a gang blockade of a key fuel terminal has created widespread shortages of goods including drinking water. Gangs have since last month been blocking the entrance to the Varreux fuel terminal, creating dire shortages […]
Violent protests flare up in Haiti over fuel price hikes, rampant crime
Port-au-Prince Reuters Residents of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince sheltered at home on Tuesday as gun fire rung out, road blocks and burning tires were placed along city streets and protesters threw stones in an angry response to expected new fuel price hikes and crime. The latest demonstrations come as inflation surged to its highest in a […]
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 […]
Haitian Prime Minister survives weekend assassination attempt – PM’s office
Updated: 12.30pm (AEDT)Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Gunmen unsuccessfully attempted to assassinate Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry during an event on Saturday commemorating the Caribbean country’s independence, his office said in a statement. Henry’s office said on Monday that “bandits and terrorists” had tried to shoot the Prime Minister at a church in the northern city of Gonaives […]
Updated: Haiti searches for victims of fuel truck blast that killed 60
Updated: 12:45 (AEDT) Cap-Haitien, Haiti Reuters Haitian authorities on Tuesday searched for victims from a fuel truck explosion in the city of Cap-Haitien that killed at least 60 people, amid reports that nearby residents had attempted to take fuel from the vehicle before it exploded. Hundreds of people on Tuesday remained at the scene of […]
Haiti’s hospitals close to collapse as fuel remains scarce
Port-au-PrinceReuters Desperate to have her infant son Pierre admitted to hospital to treat his anemia and diarrhea, Mirlande Cherie set out two weeks ago on an odyssey to find a medical facility that had not already been shuttered by Haiti’s fuel shortages. Cherie rode on the back of a motorcycle with Pierre in her arms […]