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Children's bodies a 'battleground' in Haiti as sexual violence surges, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - Sexual violence against children in Haiti has surged in the last year and their bodies have been turned into "battlegrounds," UNICEF warned on Friday. Describing the increase ...
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Sexual violence against children in Haiti rises by 1,000%, UN says
Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations' children's organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent ...
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Rubio says Trump won’t intervene in Haiti but will support current mission: ‘No easy answer’
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the answer to Haiti’s gang-fueled security crisis will not come from U.S. military intervention, but could still come from a multinational support ...
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Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no 'clear strategy'
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
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1 dead, several wounded in Haiti after armed gangs target consular corp armored vehicles
Armored vehicles used by Kenyan police rumble through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The vehicles are part of the United States’ more than $600 million in contributions to the U.N.-backed ...
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Haiti’s PM says arrival of Kenyans will help restore peace and security
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the arrival of 218 Kenyan police and military personnel illustrates the determination of the government and the ...
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2024 Marked An Escalation in Brutality for Haiti’s Gang War
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 14 2025 (IPS) - 2024 was a transitional period in Haiti’s history, marked by rampant political instability, brutal gang violence, and widespread civilian displacement. Since the ...
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More than 1 million displaced in Haiti as gang violence rages, UN says
A man carrying his belongings observes vehicles burned by armed gangs, many grouped behind an alliance known as Viv Ansanm, as he flees the Poste Marchand suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital ...
The Jamaica Observer28d
Haiti welcomes nearly 800 new police officers
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) – The Haitian government has welcomed the integration of 739 recruits, including 213 women, into the Haitian National Police (PNH) as the French-speaking Caribbean ...
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Number of internally displaced people in Haiti tripled in 2024
Many Haitians have been forced to flee due to gang violence The number of people internally displaced by gang violence in Haiti has tripled to more than one million, the United Nations ...
New York Post25d
Record gang violence in Haiti leaves at least 5,600 dead as Biden admin faces scathing criticism for not having ‘clear strategy’
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...