A trail of violence Overall, more than 1,600 people were killed from January to March in Haiti, including at least 35 children. Another 850 people were injured, according to the U.N. report.

The U.N. estimated at the end of September that 3,661 people had been killed in the gang violence since January. Haiti's former government first requested international security support in 2022.

There is also change within Haiti’s government. After almost three years of deep political instability under the leadership of acting Prime Minister Ariel Henry—seen by many Haitians as the ...

For the past thirteen years, Haiti has been decimated by its ruling party, Parti Haïtien Tèt Kale (P.H.T.K.), which rose to power after a highly contested election in 2011.

River to River Chaos, violence and the impending famine in Haiti By Ben Kieffer, Samantha McIntosh, Kate Perez Published March 23, 2024 at 7:00 AM CDT ...

If this process is rushed, Haiti runs the risk of ending up with an illegitimate administration – as Henry’s is seen to be – heightening the chances of the resumption of violence.

Chaos in Haiti has reached new heights in recent weeks. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said he would step down amid growing violence and a humanitarian crisis. Armed gangs, whose power has surged in ...

Over the past week, Haiti’s gangs have carried out a series of coordinated attacks on prisons and police stations, breaking more than 3,800 criminals out of Haiti’s two biggest jails, while ...

Haiti's National Police has roughly 9,000 officers to provide security for more than 11 million people, according to the U.N. They are routinely overwhelmed and outgunned.

November 24, 2023 Dominican Republic and Haiti at the Crossroads of the Massacre River Simón Rodríguez Photograph Source: Office of the President of the United States – Public Domain ...

The Dominican Republic is ready to restart a decommissioned canal off a river shared with neighboring Haiti, it said on Thursday, weeks after shutting down the border to stop another canal being ...