Haiti, gang violence

Haiti swears in new leader amid din of gang violence
Fritz Alphonse Jean, an economist and former central bank governor, replaces Leslie Voltaire in the rotating presidency of the transitional presidential council, formed in 2024 after a violent gang siege of the capital that forced then Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign.
UN calls for urgent action as gang violence in Haiti escalates
Amid intensifying gang violence and recent reports highlighting the disintegration of security in Haiti, the United Nations has called for urgent international support to stabilise the country.
Amid escalating gang violence, new leader takes over Haiti’s rocky transitional council
A U.S. educated economist and former head of Haiti’s Central Bank assumed the presidency of the country’s embattled transition council on Friday, pointing fingers at the economic elite and blaming “the cannibal” of chaos Haitians are living in on the country’s collapsing economic system.
Haitian Economist Takes Over as Transition President in Friendly Ceremony
Haitian economist and former central bank chief Fritz Alphonse Jean took over the rotating presidency of Haiti's transitional presidential council on Friday, taking the top executive role in a country battling a devastating conflict with armed gangs.
New leader takes over Haiti's transitional presidential council as violence persists
The council tasked to prepare eventual presidential elections in Haiti has sworn in a new leader, as the country keeps struggling with a persistent gang violence
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UN chief details his proposal to help mission in Haiti fight gangs in a letter obtained by AP
General António Guterres is proposing opening a U.N. office that would provide drones, fuel, ground and air transportation ...
Haiti not ready for peacekeeping mission, UN chief says, offers alternative to fight gangs
In a letter to the U.N. Security Council dated Monday, Guterres recommends that the rules of engagement — which govern the ...
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UN calls for international action to address Haiti human rights crisis
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Thursday that the alarming human rights situation ...
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Arms trafficking fuels Haiti’s security crisis, reports Le Nouvelliste
Haiti.- Haitian newspaper Le Nouvelliste has highlighted the growing issue of arms trafficking in Haiti, pointing to a recent ...
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New Leadership Amid Haiti's Crisis: A Call for Unity
Fritz Alphonse Jean takes leadership of Haiti's transitional presidential council, as the nation battles persistent gang violence. Jean emphasizes unity, describing the situation as a 'war.' The ...
Racked by violence, Haiti faces 'humanitarian catastrophe,' aid group says
Haiti is facing a "humanitarian catastrophe" as it reels from a surge in violence that is forcing people from their homes and pushing overstretched health facilities to the brink, Doctors Without ...
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First Person: Voices of the forgotten in Haiti, ‘crying out in the silence of distress’
Gang violence, political instability and economic turmoil have displaced over 700,000 people in Haiti, forcing families from ...
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Haitian Police Demands Funding As Gangs Continue Making Advances, Killing a Kenyan UN Mission Member
Garry Jean Baptiste, a leader of one of Haiti's main police unions, urged the government to provide more equipment and ...