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 […]