UN Evacuates Staff From Haiti as Gangs Deepen Control Over Capital
PANAMA CITY/PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - United Nations evacuation flights are set to land in Panama City this week as the international organization 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.
There is a level of underestimation of the power of the gangs, not only the way they operate, but their capacity to hold the ...
Violence in Haiti claimed 150 lives this week, bringing the death toll from gang warfare to over 4,000 this year. The ...
Gangs in Haiti are exploiting political turmoil to tighten their grip on the country, paralyzing domestic and international ...
Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced broad support for converting a security mission helping ...
But the tranquility is deceptive. In order to support Haiti’s weakened national police in taking back control from the ...
Bloody coups, brutal dictatorships and gangs created by Haiti’s political and economic elite have long defined the country’s history, but experts say the current crisis is the worst they’ve ...
Police and civilian self-defense groups killed 28 alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince in an overnight operation, ...
Since January, nearly five thousand civilian deaths have occurred as a result of relentless gang warfare in Port-au-Prince, ...
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