Almost no kidnappings were recorded in the last month and there were 43 gang-linked murders, down from 146 in the first three ...

A local human rights group says violence by armed gangs in Haiti has declined significantly following the emergence of a ...

and sexual violence, often at random. The current gang structure arguably began under the auspices of former leader Jean-Bertrande Aristide, Daniel Foote, the former US special envoy to Haiti who ...

An armed gang near Haiti’s capital ambushed two armored police vehicles and killed an officer in the latest attack against ...

According to a recent report by local human rights research group CARDH, the surge of a vigilante justice movement, "Bwa Kale ...

Gang violence in Haiti is spreading at "an alarming rate," the UN warned Wednesday, repeating its unanswered call for an international force to help restore order in the crisis-torn country.

People are being kidnapped and held for ransom, sometimes even after multiple payments are made. Women and girls are brutally ...

“The security crisis in the country is putting journalists at a constant risk of extreme violence ... and 277 kidnappings in gang-related incidents, mostly in Haiti’s gang-dominated capital.

The vigilante movement, known as “Bwa Kale,” began after residents of the capital Port-au-Prince lynched and set fire to over ...

Widespread gang violence has plagued Haiti for nearly two years, as armed groups vie for control after the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise, which created a power vacuum.

“Gang violence is expanding at an alarming rate in areas previously considered relatively safe in Port-au-Prince and outside the capital,” Maria Isabel Salvador, special representative to ...