Following a series of brutal altercations in the communes of Mirebalais and Saut d’Eau in Haiti back in late March, local ...

A rebooted effort in Haiti to disarm the country’s criminal gangs and reintegrate child soldiers into society is getting put ...

The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti is politically unstable and swaths of the country are under the control of rival armed gangs. The gangs run protection rackets and have carried ...

The designation of Haiti's major gangs as terrorists by Washington could risk further entrenching their power by limiting ...

May 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. State Department on Friday designated two powerful Haitian gangs as terrorist groups. The agency ...

Viv Ansanm (Creole for “Live Together”) is a coalition of armed gangs in Haiti, primarily active in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. Formed in September 2023, it brought together two ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Haiti’s government ... s crisis as gang violence surges. Nearly 40% of the money will go toward Haiti’s police and military “to fight the armed groups that threaten ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gangs trying to seize full control of Haiti 's capital have killed at least four soldiers and four armed civilians who worked with law enforcement to protect their ...

Haiti Gangs ... who engage with gangs to deliver aid to communities under gang control - potentially cutting off aid and making populations even more dependent on the armed groups.