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‘The city is a jail’: Haitian journalists get word out about gang violence
Correspondents in Port-au-Prince face danger as they play a vital role in chronicling city’s state of...
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‘It is simply best not to get pregnant’: women left terrified as Haiti’s maternity services collapse
Delivering a baby was already risky, but an unprecedented surge in gang violence has forced clinics...
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Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’
Human rights expert voices alarm, saying country is fast moving towards becoming ‘like Somalia in the...
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Two men in Haiti suspected of buying weapons for gangs lynched by mob
Killings underscore how outnumbered police are in Haiti after months of attacks and kidnappings by gangsTwo...
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How gangs took control of Haiti - podcast
Haiti has erupted into violence after gangs laid waste to the capital and forced the prime...
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At least a dozen dead as gang violence spills into wealthy areas of Haiti capital
Gunmen looted homes in Laboule and Thomassin, forcing residents to flee previously peaceful neighborhoods• Haiti: what...
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Haiti healthcare system on verge of collapse as gang warfare rages on
Only a single hospital in Port-au-Prince remains open, with others devoid of staff as patients look...
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Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling Haiti gang violence
Experts say most guns smuggled from states with lax firearms laws such as Florida, Arizona and...
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Can Haiti avoid history repeating as burning streets meet vying elites?
Plan for transitional council to rule after prime minister’s resignation brings strong sense of deja vuScenes...
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US airlifts embassy staff out of Haiti as gangs besiege political area
Officials say marines deployed for night-time evacuation amid intense fighting in Port-au-Prince, while German and EU...
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Is the feared gang boss ‘Barbecue’ now the most powerful man in Haiti?
Jimmy Chérizier says he is leading Haiti’s poor against corrupt government forces but experts point to...
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Haiti crisis: gangs attack police stations as Caribbean leaders call for emergency meeting
National palace guards set up security ring after gangs attack at least three police stations in...
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Haiti gang boss tells absent prime minister to quit or face civil war
Silence from Ariel Henry, who remains abroad, as Jimmy Chérizier, AKA ‘Barbecue’, warns country will ‘become...
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US says no troops to Haiti as country reels from explosion of gang violence
Washington says no despite ‘frantic’ talks between diplomats, as bodies lie in street and army battles...
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Tuesday briefing: Why Haiti is stuck in a state of anarchy
In today’s newsletter: With gangs controlling Port-au-Prince and a UN-backed international force still not on the...
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Haiti’s weekend of violence puts government future in doubt
Armed gangs attack international airport and free over 3,800 prisoners in seemingly coordinated effort to oust...
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Haiti declares state of emergency after double jailbreak allows thousands of inmates to escape
Attack on two prisons comes amid outbreak of violence as PM in Kenya trying to salvage...
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Haiti’s capital paralysed by gunfire as gang boss threatens police chief and ministers
Airport among targets in Port-au-Prince as Jimmy Chérizier, known as ‘Barbecue’, vows to capture top officials...
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Assassinated Haitian president’s widow among dozens indicted over his death
Martine Moïse alleged to have conspired with former PM to kill president and replace him herselfA...
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Ex-DEA informant sentenced to life in prison for 2021 killing of Haiti president
Haitian American Joseph Vincent, who admitted to helping plot assassination of Jovenel Moïse, is among 11...
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Kenya high court rules against plan to deploy hundreds of police to Haiti
Judge says UN-backed proposals to tackle gangs in Caribbean country contravene Kenya’s constitutionKenya’s high court has...
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Haiti: residents trapped as armed gangs target key pocket of Port-au-Prince
Thick smoke rises above strategic neighbourhood of Solino as frantic residents call into radio stations for...
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Ex-Haitian senator gets life in prison for 2021 killing of country’s president
John Joel Joseph, an opponent of the late president’s party, is third of 11 suspects charged...