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, […]
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 […]
Haiti gangs push into one of few remaining capital strongholds
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Residents of Solino and Nazon, central neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, fled their homes on Thursday as gangs spread to one of the few remaining areas of town not already under their control. A coalition of gangs known as Viv Ansanm has been cementing their hold over the country while the political […]
Doctors Without Borders ambulance in Haiti attacked, two patients killed
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Wednesday that at least two patients were killed when its ambulance was stopped and attacked earlier this week in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince. The MSF staff said they were violently attacked on Monday after “members of a vigilante group and law enforcement officers” stopped the ambulance. The […]
Residents in Haiti’s capital flee homes as gangs expand control
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A gang attack in Port-au-Prince forced residents to flee their homes on Saturday as the gangs operating in and around the Haitian capital ramp up attacks on areas they do not yet control. Smoke from gunfights billowed above the capital’s Solino neighbourhood, where fleeing residents strapped mattresses, furniture, cooking supplies and other […]
US changes tack on Haiti peacekeeping push amid China, Russia opposition
United Nations Reuters The United States has dropped a push for the UN Security Council to ask for a plan to transform a security mission helping fight armed gangs in Haiti into a formal UN peacekeeping operation, a move some diplomats said was made to appease Russia and China. A senior US administration official, however, […]
Shortages and delays hit morale of Kenyan officers in Haiti morale
Nairobi, Kenya Reuters Pay issues and shortages of equipment and manpower have sapped morale among Kenyan police officers deployed to Haiti and hampered their ability to confront heavily armed gangs, four officers told Reuters. After three years of rampant killing, rape and extortion by gangs that control most of the capital Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s transitional government […]