Haiti Gangs

• Haiti extends state of emergency as health care nears ‘collapse’

  Haiti's government on Thursday said it would extend a state of emergency around Port-au-Prince for another month following a wave of gang violence.

  World

  Mar 7
  
• Haiti’s police department to get boost from new program to help in fight with gangs

  The committee responsible for overseeing the program includes officials from the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, the United Nations and the European Union.

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  Jan 30
  
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• UN chief says Haiti’s gangs have ‘stranglehold’, international police force needed

  The Caribbean nation has been asking for such a force since last October, and Guterres has been looking for a country to lead the deployment.

  World

  Jul 6, 2023
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• Canada opts to boost Haiti police over any military intervention

  Last fall, the unelected Prime Minister Ariel Henry asked for a military intervention to clear out the gangs and allow for humanitarian aid.

  Canada

  Jun 15, 2023
• At least 42 dead due to floods in struggling Haiti

  The death toll from the heavy floods that hit Haiti over the weekend has risen to 42, with another 11 people missing, authorities said Monday.

  World

  Jun 5, 2023
• Haiti at risk of famine as gangs overtake country

  ``This is not the usual chronic food crisis in Haiti. This is extremely bad,'' said Jean-Martin Bauer, the World Food Programme's country director for the Caribbean state.

  World

  May 13, 2023
• Toronto armoured vehicle company rejects Haiti’s claim it hasn’t lived up to its word

  The Toronto company making the mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles says it's working as fast it can in the face of supply-chain disruptions and mistakes by Haitian officials.

  World

  Mar 15, 2023
• Canadian military likely lacks capacity to lead Haiti mission: Gen. Wayne Eyre

  Officials in Ottawa say the U.S. has lobbied hard for Canada to take on the role, and U.S. President Joe Biden may carry that message again when he visits Ottawa.

  Canada

  Mar 9, 2023
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• Haitian police protest, attack PM’s residence over officers killed by violent gangs

  Protesters in civilian clothes who identified themselves as police also flooded the airport in Port-au-Prince as Prime Minister Ariel Henry was arriving from a trip to Argentina.

  World

  Jan 26, 2023
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• Haiti’s UN envoy says she heard ‘caution,’ not ‘no’ from Canada, U.S. over intervention

  Helen La Lime expressed hope that the U.N. Security Council will deal positively with the issue of the force requested by the Haitian government to deal with a growing gang crisis.

  World

  Jan 25, 2023