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Montevideo, May 18th 2025 - 23:15 UTC

Tag: Haiti

  • Wednesday, October 23rd 2024 - 08:11 UTC

    Gang violence taking turn for the worse in Haiti

    Gangs control about 80% of Port-au-Price

    The already critical situation in Haiti has been reported to have taken a turn for the worse this week as gangs up their grip in the Caribbean country, threatening government officials and seeking to expand their influence to the areas they still do not control, the United Nation’s Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) warned Tuesday. “The situation in Haiti has regrettably worsened,” BINUH Chief Maria Isabel Salvador said in a briefing to the UN Security Council in which she mentioned mounting attacks over the past week. Over 5 million people are estimated to be going hungry, with thousands already facing famine.

  • Monday, September 23rd 2024 - 19:15 UTC

    Violence-torn Haiti still relies on UN and foreign help to fight gangs

    The PNH was found to lack the strength to fught gangs

    Provisional authorities in violence-torn Haiti are stepping up their efforts to garner international help in their fight against local gangs. During the weekend, visiting Port-au-Prince was Kenyan President William Ruto, whose country has already contributed a 400-strong police force and pledged to add some more troops shortly if necessary. At the same time, Presidential Transitional Council member Leslie Voltaire met with India's Ambassador Ramu Abbagani to discuss the issue, in addition to other topics such as climate change, natural disasters, public health, artificial intelligence, and solar energy.

  • Wednesday, August 21st 2024 - 15:43 UTC

    US sanctions former Haitian president for alleged drug trafficking

    Martelly is believed to have been involved in drug trafficking to the US, money laundering, and other illegal activities

    The United States' Treasury Department Tuesday imposed a series of sanctions on former Haitian President Michel Joseph Martelly (2011-2016) for allegedly abusing his influence to facilitate drug trafficking. The former head of state is also accused of perpetuating the ongoing crisis in the Caribbean country.

  • Saturday, July 13th 2024 - 10:16 UTC

    Leading humanitarian aid officials insist greater support needed for Haiti

    Haiti's crisis will not be solved by humanitarian aid alone, the officials underlined

    According to senior humanitarian aid officials, the assistance plan launched for Haiti last February is less than a quarter funded when around US$ 680 million is required to tackle the ongoing gang violence and bring necessary supplies to the local population.

  • Tuesday, June 25th 2024 - 20:18 UTC

    Kenyan peacekeeping forces land in Haiti

    Kenya intends to send a total of 1,000 troops of which the first 400 have arrived at their destination

    The first batch of Kenyan law enforcement officers making up a UN peacekeeping mission landed Tuesday at Port-au-Prince's Toussaint Louverture Airport. The African country intends to send a total of 1,000 troops to the Caribbean nation gripped by rogue gangs, resulting in over 580,000 people nationwide left homeless from pillaging.

  • Saturday, June 1st 2024 - 10:34 UTC

    Haiti's transition council appoints new Prime Minister

    Garry Conille has already been Prime Minister between Oct. 2011 and May 2012 (Pic EFE)

    Haiti's transitional council managed to appoint a prime minister this week as the Caribbean country keeps fighting street gangs for effective control of Port-au-Prince and other key locations nationwide. Garry Conille has been chosen for the post he already held between Oct. 2011 and May 2012 under then-President Michel Martelly. Conille has been UNICEF's regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean since January 2023.

  • Thursday, April 25th 2024 - 19:34 UTC

    Haiti: Henry resigns; transitional council sworn in

    It is still unclear whether Patrick Boisvert will remain as interim Prime Minister

    A transitional council has finally been sworn in in violence-torn Haiti after the final resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry was received Thursday in a letter from Los Angeles, California, leaving Economy and Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert in charge while a successor is named.

  • Monday, April 15th 2024 - 21:42 UTC

    Haitian parties give thumbs down to Transitional Council

    The decree distorted previous agreements, it was argued. In the meantime, Henry remains as Prime Minister

    Haiti's political movements expressed their rejection during the weekend of last Friday's decree calling for the establishment of a Presidential Transitional Council published Government in the Official Gazette known as Le Moniteur. The mechanism had been devised to restore constitutional order in the Caribbean country where there has been no president since the July 7, 2021, murder of Jovenel Moïse in Port-au-Prince by a mercenary commando of mostly Colombian nationals.

  • Wednesday, April 10th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Political forces in Haiti agree on Presidential Transitional Council

    Criminal groups control more than 80% of Port-au-Prince hindering the supply of food and medicines

    Political forces in Haiti have agreed on the formation of a 22-month Presidential Transitional Council to lead the violence-torn country to fresh democratic, credible, and participatory elections through which to restore normalcy, it was reported in Port-au-Prince.

  • Wednesday, April 3rd 2024 - 10:00 UTC

    Haitian authorities fend off yet another attack against Gov't Palace

    There was an undetermined number of casualties on Barbecue's side

    Five Haitian law enforcement officers were wounded while fending off an onslaught from Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier's Vivre Ensemble (Living Together) gang against the Government Palace in Port-au-Prince on Monday. According to local media, there were various casualties on the attackers' side, but the number remained undetermined.

 

 

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