By Will Grant | BBC A new government has been formed in Haiti as it tries to restore order in the violence-ravaged nation. The new cabinet completely replaces all the ministers from the government of the former Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, who was forced to step down earlier this year by gangs which control large […]
Editorial credit: Sandor Szmutko / Shutterstock.com By Amalendu Misra | The Conversation An advance team of Kenyan special forces police have arrived in the troubled Caribbean nation of Haiti. They are part of a larger UN-backed “support” mission tasked with establishing order, pushing back the advances of criminal gangs and allowing the freshly appointed interim […]
Editorial credit: Dmytro Kurko / Shutterstock.com By BBC Haiti’s main international airport in Port-au-Prince has reopened, nearly three months after it was forced to shut due to deadly gang-related violence. A single commercial flight left the capital on Monday and later landed in Miami, Florida. More flights are expected this week. Haiti’s transitional authorities hope […]
Editorial credit: David Peinado Romero / Shutterstock.com By Edlin Veras | The Conversation Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince has been under siege for several months, with reports suggesting about 200 gangs have seized control of more than 80% of the city. The surge of violence has left residents with few options other than to shelter in their homes or […]
By Mattea Bubalo & Hafsa Khalil | BBC News A recent outbreak of violence forced officials to move the ceremony from the National Palace to the outgoing prime minister’s office. Mr Henry agreed to step down last month after armed groups blocked his return to the country. Gangs now control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince. […]
Editorial credit: Nelson Antoine / Shutterstock.com By Vanessa Buschschlüter | MSN Tens of thousands of people have fled the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, to escape a surge in gang violence over the past weeks. United Nations figures suggest more than 53,000 left between 8-27 March. The UN is warning that the rural regions to which many […]
By Ernesto Sagás | The Conversation Haiti is fast becoming a failed state. Armed gangs control most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and have forced the shutdown of the capital’s international airport and gasoline refinery. Most businesses are closed or are being extorted by the gangs. Ordinary Haitians fear for their safety without the umbrella of law and order that only […]
Editorial credit: Nelson Antoine / Shutterstock.com By Amalendu Misra | The Conversation A violent uprising in the Caribbean nation of Haiti has put the spotlight on the man leading the mayhem – a homicidal gang boss and former policeman called Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier. Over the past two weeks, Haiti’s powerful gangs have plunged a country […]