They’re Shooting Our Planes. They’re Shooting Our Passengers. Spirit Airlines Takes Gunfire Over Haiti
In a terrifying escalation of violence on the troubled Caribbean island, a Spirit Airlines flight from Fort Lauderdale to Haiti was forced to reroute after gunfire reportedly hit the plane mid-flight. Chilling…
Diplomats push for progress on Haiti transition as death toll mounts
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – Diplomats at a regional Americas body on Wednesday urged Haitian politicians to move forward with a delayed plan to replace Prime Minister Ariel Henry with a transitional…
UN rights chief deplores ‘unprecedented scale’ of rights abuses in Haiti
GENEVA (Reuters) – Haiti is witnessing an unprecedented level of human rights abuses amid a state of chaos caused by gang violence, the United Nations human rights chief said on Tuesday. In…
Canada to train troops from Caribbean nations for Haiti mission
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada has sent around 70 soldiers to Jamaica to train troops from Caribbean nations who are due to take part in a U.N.-authorized mission to Haiti, the Canadian defense…
Haiti gang violence deaths surge in 2024, UN report says
By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -Gang violence in Haiti has killed over 1,500 people so far this year, including many children, while dozens have been lynched, stoned or burned alive by so-called…
France charters evacuation flights from Haiti
PARIS (Reuters) – France is organising government-chartered flights from Haiti to help its nationals seeking to leave the Caribbean country, which has been gripped by gang violence, the French foreign ministry said…
Biden Admin Tells Americans Stuck In Haiti They Must Make It To Extraction Point ‘At Your Own Risk’
Biden Admin Tells Americans Stuck In Haiti They Must Make It To Extraction Point ‘At Your Own Risk’ Nick Pope on March 16, 2024 The Biden administration plans to charter at least…
US aid chief to announce $25 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti
By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. aid chief Samantha Power is set to announce $25 million in humanitarian assistance for Haiti on Friday, according to a statement seen by Reuters in…
Roughly $680 Million In Aid From Biden Didn’t Stop Haiti From Spiraling Into Chaos
Roughly $680 Million In Aid From Biden Didn’t Stop Haiti From Spiraling Into Chaos Robert Schmad on March 14, 2024 America’s taxpayer-funded efforts to stabilize Haiti under President Joe Biden have failed…
US Senate confirms Biden nominee Hankins to be ambassador to Haiti
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to confirm career diplomat Dennis Hankins as ambassador to Haiti, filling the key diplomatic post in the troubled Caribbean…
US court sentences ex-DEA informant to life for role in Haiti assassination
(Reuters) -A former U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) informant was sentenced to life in prison and another man pleaded guilty on Friday in a U.S. court case over the 2021 assassination of…
Florida man pleads guilty to charges linked to Haiti assassination plot
(Reuters) – A Florida resident is the latest person to plead guilty in a U.S. court case in Miami concerning the 2021 assassination of Haiti’s last president, Jovenel Moise, a judicial filing…
CBP Intercepts 63 Migrants from the Dominican Republic and Haiti in a Yola Vessel Near Southwestern Puerto Rico
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – Marine Agents of US Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations (AMO), along with Puerto Rico Police, intercepted Friday a “yola” type vessel with 63 undocumented migrants. …
US deports ex-coup leader to crisis-torn Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – The United States on Thursday deported former Haitian coup leader Guy Philippe back to his Caribbean homeland after serving some six years in a U.S. prison on charges of…
Haiti gang wars now ‘cataclysmic’ in key farmlands -UN report
(Reuters) – Haiti’s brutal gang wars have spread from the capital to key farming heartlands, displacing tens of thousands of people and having a devastating impact on access to food staples, the…
Haiti human rights group suspends operations after threats
(Reuters) – Haiti’s Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research (CARDH) is provisionally suspending its work due to imminent danger to its staff, its executive director said on Thursday, as gang wars…
Explainer-Why did the UN vote to send an international force to Haiti?
(Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Monday voted to authorize a security mission to Haiti to help the Caribbean country fight heavily armed gangs that have overrun the capital. WHAT…
Over 10,000 displaced in Haiti after violence escalates north of capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – More than 10,000 people have fled their homes in parts of Haiti’s central department, the United Nations’ migration agency said on Wednesday, after a series of gang attacks in…
At UN, Kenya’s president asks world not to leave Haiti behind
By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Kenyan President William Ruto urged the United Nations Security Council on Thursday to formally back a security support mission to Haiti, which Kenya has shown…
Explainer-Who are the Haiti pastors fighting back against gang violence?
(Reuters) – Hundreds of followers of a Haitian evangelical pastor, some armed with sticks and machetes, marched through a Port-au-Prince suburb on Saturday and confronted a gang controlling the area, sparking a…
US embassy in Haiti urges citizens to leave country ‘as soon as possible’
(Reuters) – The U.S. Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave “as soon as possible” citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands…
Bahamas promises to join Kenya in security force in Haiti as support grows
(Reuters) -The Bahamian government on Tuesday welcomed Kenya’s decision to lead a multinational force in Haiti and committed 150 people to support the effort if the United Nations authorizes the force. The…
US nurse, child abducted in Haiti, non-profit organization says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. nurse and her child have been kidnapped in Haiti, a faith-based humanitarian aid organization said on Saturday. “We can confirm that Alix Dorsainvil, our director’s wife, and…
Haiti humanitarian aid needs to come to terms with gangs, says Caribbean leader
By Robertson Henry KINGSTOWN (Reuters) – Humanitarian aid to Haiti will need to take into account the influence of heavily armed gangs who control large parts of the country, the president of…
Haiti made ‘significant progress’ on governance issues, says IMF
(Reuters) – Haiti has made “significant progress” on governance issues such as transparency, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Thursday, as its management wrapped up a final review of an informal…
Haiti rights group records three-fold rise in kidnappings for early 2023
(Reuters) – At least 389 kidnappings were registered in Haiti in the first three months of this year, rights group CARDH said on Tuesday, marking a three-fold increase from the last quarter…
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