Haiti has seen a "wave of extreme brutality" in recent weeks, with numerous killings and thousands forced to flee their homes, a consortium of UN agencies, NGOs and donors is warning. "Entire ...

Johnny Fils-Aimé For the Miami Herald Haiti’s capital is again in free fall. The attacks by armed gangs that in recent days have seized control of new neighborhoods is raising fears that ...

Chronic instability, brutal dictatorships and natural disasters in recent decades have left Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas. Nearly 60% of the population ...

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres this week urged immediate and strategic assistance for Haiti, as brutal gang violence increases. In a letter to the UN Security Council ...

The government of Haiti says police have launched a large-scale operation in a shantytown controlled by powerful gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, who is widely known as Barbecue. The authorities say ...

Gang control in Port-au-Prince has led to an almost complete breakdown of law and order The government of Haiti says police have launched a large-scale operation in a shantytown controlled by ...

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. United ...

It's doable," William O'Neill, the U.N. High Commissioner's Designated Expert on Human Rights in Haiti, told a press briefing. Sign up here. The U.N. Security Council is set to debate a hybrid ...