UN says over 350 killed by Haiti vigilante groups as thousands flee gang warfare
Reuters The United Nations on Friday estimated that more than 350 people have been killed in Haiti by civilian vigilante groups since April, amid escalating gang violence that has in recent days has forced thousands to flee in parts of the capital. Since 24th April, when civilians lynched more than a dozen suspected criminals, birthing […]
Haiti’s deadly vigilante movement sees decline in gang violence – report
Port-au-Prince, HaitiReuters Violence by armed gangs has fallen “drastically” since the emergence of a vigilante justice movement that has seen at least 160 suspected criminals killed in the last month, a report by local human rights research group CARDH said on Sunday. The situation in the Caribbean country remains extremely volatile as heavily armed gangs […]
KENYA: VIGILANTES JOIN FORCES TO STOP FAMILIES LOSING DONKEYS TO CHINA
NITA BHALLA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Kenyans are working together to stop the theft of their donkeys – and, in some cases, livelihoods…