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Children’s bodies a ‘battleground’ in Haiti as sexual violence surges, UNICEF warns

Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Sexual violence against children in Haiti has surged in the last year and their bodies have been turned into “battlegrounds”, UNICEF warned. Describing the increase between 2023-2024 as “staggering,” the spokesperson for the United Nations agency for children, James Elder, told reporters at the Palais des Nations in Geneva on Friday that […]

Dominican hospitals face surge of Haitian mothers fleeing conflict

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic Reuters As spiralling violence in Haiti puts healthcare out of reach for most, Haitian mothers are seeking care at hospitals in neighbouring Dominican Republic despite government policies there scaling up deportations. The two countries share the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, but are divided by a heavily secured border, long-standing tensions and […]

Colombia’s Petro visits southern Haiti as violence spikes in both countries

Reuters Colombian President Gustavo Petro arrived in Haiti’s south-eastern city of Jacmel on Wednesday afternoon in a rare visit by a foreign head of state to the Caribbean nation, as Haiti endures an extended conflict with armed gangs. Colombia has also faced a surge in violence from rebel factions that have brought peace talks to […]

Central American troops arrive in Haiti to fight gangs

Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A contingent of security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti’s capital on Friday to reinforce a long-delayed United Nations-backed mission tasked with restoring security amid a bloody conflict with armed gangs. The new arrivals were made up of 75 Guatemalans and eight Salvadorans, a communications officer for the mission […]

Armed men fire on Haiti hospital reopening, killing at least three

Port-au-Prince Reuters At least three people were killed and others injured on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists gathered for a government press conference set to announce the reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital, a witness to the attack told Reuters. Two reporters and a police officer were killed, said […]

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 […]

Armed men attack Haiti hospital as violence shows no signs of abating

Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Armed men attacked and partially destroyed a hospital in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, a hospital director told Reuters on Tuesday, amid a wave of escalating violence that prompted Doctors Without Borders to suspend operations in Haiti last month. The bandits set the Bernard Mevs hospital on fire on Monday night, destroying four operating […]

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 […]

UN evacuates staff from Haiti as gangs deepen control over capital

Panama City, Panama/Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters United Nations evacuation flights are set to land in Panama City this week as the international organisation removes staff from Haiti due to a sharp escalation in violence by armed gangs that have expanded their control over the capital Port-au-Prince. Panama’s foreign ministry said two humanitarian flights would arrive from […]