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Haiti wonders what's next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
The bodies of suspected gang members who were set on fire by residents, sit in a pile in the middle of a road in the Pétion-Ville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Nov. 19 ...
Haiti on the brink: Gangs fill power vacuum as current solutions fail a nation in crisis
With no elected government, spiraling violence, and little international success, Haiti faces a multidimensional collapse few ...
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Haiti’s Gang Violence Is a Symptom of Its Political Crisis
Many of these territories are places on the state’s map while others are informal ... Stabilization Mission in Haiti] troops muted his militiamen. The gangs of today — founded or enhanced ...
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Anti-Gang Drone Attacks Won’t Put Haiti Back Together Again
A police task force is using armed drones to attack the gangs threatening to take over Haiti. But that is no substitute for a ...
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Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons ...
Gang violence displaced a record 1.3 million people in Haiti, UN report finds
A new report has found that gang violence has displaced a record 1.3 million people across Haiti as the local government and ...
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Haiti loses another officer in line of duty amid rising gang control
SWAT officer Esdras Hilaire was killed in Port-au-Prince during an anti-gang operation, underscoring the worsening security ...
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Haitians leave their homes in several neighborhoods to escape more gang violence in the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Gangs attacked in several neighborhoods of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Saturday, forcing many people to leave their homes after gunfire raged through the night.
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Haiti’s main airport shuts down as gang violence surges in the capital, US Embassy says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s main airport temporarily shut down Monday as gangs attempted to seize control, the U.S. embassy reported, the same day a new interim prime minister was ...
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Haitians fleeing gang violence swim across the country's longest river
Haiti — Dozens of people swam and waded across Haiti’s longest river on Wednesday in a desperate attempt to flee gangs that launched a fresh attack on a city in the country’s central region ...
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Haiti’s international airport shuts down as gang violence surges in the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti’s international airport shut down temporarily on Monday after gangs opened fire at a Spirit Airlines flight landing in Port-Au-Prince, the U.S. State Department ...
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Haiti wonders what’s next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — When Kenyan police arrived in Haiti as part of a U.N.-backed mission earlier this year to tackle gang violence, hopes were high. Coordinated gang attacks on prisons ...