Jimmy 'Barbecue' Cherizier, the Haiti gang leader who has been behind much of the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince in recent years, has warned the country to "brace itself." Haiti remains in a ...
Amnesty International is concerned not only that "The impunity for widespread violence throughout the country remained nearly absolute," but also about the cruel practices and gender crimes among ...
More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gangviolence, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.
The United Nations on Thursday said poor governance and increasing levels of gangviolence had brought state institutions “close to collapse.” By David C. Adams Gangviolence has killed more ...
A formal ceremony to install Haiti's transitional ruling council will be held early Thursday, the prime minister's office said, as the violence-wracked nation moves to form an interim government.