Haiti

Tension continued to grip Haiti's capital Wednesday as violence flared again, sending panicked residents fleeing for safety. Medical charity Doctors Without Borders reported that a mix of police and vigilantes attacked one of their…

Gangs continue to fight to take over communities in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. The neighbourhood of Solino has been under attack since last week with residents fleeing their homes. Gun shots could still be heard in a busy street…

The leaders of Kenya and Haiti on Friday urged international partners to honour their commitment to the U.N.-backed peacekeeping mission in Haiti, saying the mission needs more resources and that its budget will run out in March 2025.…

Nearly 6,300 people have fled their homes in the aftermath of an attack in central Haiti by heavily armed gang members that killed at least 70 people, according to the U.N.’s migration agency. Nearly 90% of the displaced are staying with…

The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to extend the mandate of the Kenya-led multinational force helping to tackle gang violence in Haiti, after brushing off a call from Haiti to start talks on transforming it into a U.N. peacekeeping…

Haitian government declared a state of emergency and night-time curfew late, in a bid to regain control of the streets after an explosion of violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country's two biggest prisons. The…

The Republic of Benin has pledged to deploy 2,000 troops to Haiti as part of a multinational peacekeeping forceto help the Caribbean nation's police fight armed gangs. Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the US Ambassador to the United Nations on…

The Kenyan parliament on Thursday approved the deployment of a thousand police officers to Haiti, plunged into chaos and gang violence, as part of a UN-backed mission, despite widespread criticism. The small Caribbean state is plagued by…

The United States said it will put forward a U.N. Security Council resolution that will authorize Kenya to lead a multinational police force to help combat gangs in Haiti that control much of the capital and are spreading through the…

The European champions England won Haiti 1-0 to begin its Group D Women’s World Cup title bid on Saturday. Played in front of over 44,000 fans at Brisbane Stadium, most of who were supporting England. Stanway’s 29th-minute penalty proved…