Haiti, UN

Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and UN peacekeeping mission flops
A new prime minister is tasked with turning around a nation that sees no escape from its troubles as Haitians wonder: How did Haiti reach this point?
UN mulls Haiti peacekeeping force as gangs ramp up warfare
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) -Diplomats at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday voiced broad support for converting a security mission helping Haitian police fight escalating gang warfare into a formal U.
Why Haiti’s gangs are gaining ground despite the presence of an international armed force
There is a level of underestimation of the power of the gangs, not only the way they operate, but their capacity to hold the terrain, their capacity to know the terrain, their capacity to fight or not fight,
As international force struggles to stabilize Haiti, calls grow for UN force
A senior U.N. official urged the international community on Wednesday to make good on its commitments to fund and equip a multinational security force in Haiti, which is struggling to help the Haitian National Police subdue armed gangs who are terrorizing the population,
An inside look at how gang warfare in Haiti has devastated daily life
Despite a UN-approved security mission that deployed in June to try and restore some order, large swaths of the country remain under gang control and violence is endemic. Special Correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor traveled there for a look at the depth of the crisis.
Charity workers pulled out of Haiti’s capital after police threaten to rape and kill them
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will stop operations in Haiti’s capital after its staff were threatened by ...
Residents in Haiti's capital stand with police in a battle to repel the latest gang attack
Gangs launched a fresh attack on Haiti’s capital early Tuesday, targeting an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where gunmen ...
Doctors Without Borders halts operations in Haiti’s capital, citing police threats
The humanitarian group accused authorities in the lawless Haitian capital of repeatedly stopping its vehicles and threatening ...
Gang Members Killed as Haiti Residents Support Police Fightback
Haitian gang were killed by police in Port-au-Prince after they launched an attack on the Pétionville neighborhood ...
French medical charity suspends services in Haiti; cites death threats, attacks by police
We can no longer continue operating in an environment where our staff is at risk of being attacked, raped or even killed!” ...
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Aid group accuses Haiti police of taking part in deadly attack on ambulance
Two wounded patients were killed after police officers and vigilantes attacked an ambulance in Haiti on Monday, according to ...
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Bodies burned after Haiti police, civilians kill 28 alleged gang members
Police and civilian self-defense groups killed 28 gang members in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince in an overnight ...
‘Haiti on Fire’: Rolling Stone Dives Into the Country’s Deadly Gang War
Haiti on Fire, a 27-minute film from Blackbeard Films, XTR, and Rolling Stone Films, attempts to cut through the hype ...