Over 200 killed in Haiti’s Cite Soleil massacre, UN report finds
Reuters At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti’s portside neighbourhood of Cite Soleil earlier this month, the United Nations said in a report on Monday, revising up a death toll it initially estimated at 187. In a new report on the massacre, the UN Office of the […]
Haiti gang massacres around 180 people, targeting elderly
Reuters Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil area, Haiti’s Prime Minister’s office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader who suspected his child had been made ill using witchcraft. “A red line has been crossed,” the office said in a statement, […]
Haiti gang massacres at least 110 people in Cite Soleil, rights group says
Mexico City Reuters At least 110 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti’s Cite Soleil slum when a gang leader targeted elderly people he suspected of causing his child’s illness through witchcraft, the National Human Rights Defense Network (RNDDH) said on Sunday. All the victims were aged over 60, the rights group said. Wharf […]
Haitian gangs’ growing funds, arsenals challenge planned intervention – report
Reuters Haitian gangs are increasingly economically autonomous, a Geneva-based criminal research group warned, using funds coerced from private businesses, local residents and families of kidnapping victims to pay for guns and soldiers. “Gangs have undergone a radical evolution, going from rather unstructured actors dependent on resources provided by public or private patronage to violent entrepreneurs,” […]
Haitian gang violence intensifies in capital, forcing hospital evacuation
Port-au-PrinceReuters An increase in gang violence in Haiti’s capital this week following the death of a powerful gang leader has led to ongoing gun battles that forced a hospital to evacuate all patients on Wednesday. Workers at the Centre Hospitalier Fontaine, located in Port-au-Prince’s gritty Cite Soleil neighbourhood, rushed patients out as gunshots rang out […]
Postcards: Haiti hospital cares for kids amid gang violence, hunger and scarce aid
OCTAVIO JONES and HAROLD ISAAC, of Reuters, report from Port-au-Prince…
Haiti gang blockade is causing catastrophic hunger, UN officials say
Miami, US Reuters Haitians are experiencing catastrophic hunger because of gangsters blockading a major fuel terminal, UN officials said on Friday, with more than four million facing acute food insecurity. A coalition of gangs has prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline for over a month to protest a plan to cut fuel subsidies. Most […]
Haiti gangs wage battles in downtown Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haitian gangs waged intense gun battles on Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, shuttering main avenues and a municipal market in the downtown area of the capital. One video filmed downtown showed men running toward police with their hands in the air as gunshots rang out, in a new outbreak of violence following gang clashes […]
Gang violence traps thousands in town near Haiti’s capital
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Gun battles between rival Haitian gangs near the capital Port-au-Prince have left thousands trapped in a small coastal town without access to water, food or medical care, a local pastor and a foreign aid group said on Tuesday. More than 50 people have been killed since Friday in the town of Cite […]