Masses flee homes in Haiti as gangs ratchet up violence amid …
22 hours ago · Updated 2:47 PM PST, November 14, 2024. PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Masses of residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil. Families frantically packed mattresses and ...
Haitians capital as gangs ratchet up violence : NPR
7 hours ago · The U.N. estimates that gangs control 85% of the city. Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Thursday. A U.N.-backed mission led ...
Masses of Haitians flee homes in the capital as gang violence
16 hours ago · Left: A man stands in the back of a truck full of belongings as residents flee the neighborhood of Nazon due to gang violence, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 14, 2024. Photo by Marckinson Pierre ...
Masses of residents flee homes in Haiti’s capital as gangs ratchet …
14 hours ago · Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Masses of ...
Haiti’s Gang Violence Worsens as FAA Suspends Flights From the …
1 day ago · Nearly six months after hundreds of Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on a U.S.-sponsored mission to restore order, the crisis has suddenly worsened. The country’s gangs, in stark fashion ...
Haiti’s gangs inflict ‘extreme brutality’ as casualties rise – UN ...
Oct 30, 2024 · An escalating gang war in Haiti killed or injured 1,745 people between July and September, according to a new United Nations human rights report, representing a more than 30 percent increase...
US to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack …
Oct 25, 2024 · Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles.
Haiti: Human rights deteriorating as gang violence spreads - UN News
Feb 9, 2024 · More than 8,400 people were victims of gang violence in Haiti last year, including killings, injuries and kidnappings – a 122 per cent increase over 2022, the UN Special Representative for the...
Haiti faces record displacement amid escalating gang violence - UN News
Jun 20, 2024 · Escalating gang violence and political instability in Haiti have forced a record 578,074 people from their homes this year, making it the country with the largest number of displacements due...
Haiti: UN report says gang violence spreading, urges speedy …
GENEVA/PORT-AU-PRINCE (28 November 2023) - A new UN report out today details a further, shocking rise in gang violence in Haiti as criminal gangs forge alliances and expand to rural areas previously considered safe – killing, raping, kidnapping, and …