Haiti declares state of emergency after mass prison escape
WEBMar 2, 2024 · A United Nations’ source said Sunday that around 3,500 prisoners are believed to have escaped Haiti’s National Penitentiary in Port-Au-Prince during the weekend.
Inside Haiti: A lucky few escape, while millions face gang rule ... - CNN
WEBMar 16, 2024 · The only thing coming into Haiti’s violent capital Port-au-Prince are the private evacuation helicopters – a bitter reminder of the inequality that has plagued Haiti for decades.
Gangs tighten grip as Haiti spirals to collapse - BBC
WEBMar 11, 2024 · Over the weekend, the violence in the capital Port-au-Prince ramped up once again. Heavily armed gangs attacked the National Palace and set part of the Interior Ministry on fire with petrol...
The Haiti crisis, explained: Violence, hunger and unstable political ...
WEBMar 13, 2024 · Chaos has gutted Port-au-Prince and Haiti's government, a crisis brought on by decades of political disruption, a series of natural disasters and a power vacuum left by the president's...
Haiti violence: Residents see no end to crisis as capital city reels ...
WEBMar 18, 2024 · In Port-au-Prince, Farah Oxima and her nine children were forced from their home in a violent gang-controlled neighbourhood to another part of the city. They are just some of the more...
As gangs rampage through Haiti's capital, more than 33,000 …
WEBMar 22, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — More than 33,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in a span of nearly two weeks as gangs continue to pillage homes and attack state institutions, according to a new report from the U.N.’s International Organization for …
‘Extremely alarming’ conditions worsen in Haiti’s capital: UN ...
WEBMar 21, 2024 · The situation in the gang-ravaged capital of Haiti has gone from worrying to “extremely alarming” as conditions in Port-au-Prince continue to worsen amid growing hunger and serious shortages in...
Crisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince
WEBApr 4, 2024 · As a siege imposed by heavily armed gangs on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, stretches into a second month, the UN migration agency sounded an alarm on Thursday about the ever-worsening humanitarian...
Surge in violence forces more than 53,000 to flee Port-au-Prince …
WEBApr 3, 2024 · More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks, the vast majority to escape unrelenting gang violence, according to a United Nations report released Tuesday.
Haiti: US guns pour into Port-au-Prince, fuelling surge in violence - BBC
WEBMar 27, 2024 · There have been seizures in the country's main ports in Port-au-Prince, Port-de-Paix and in Cap-Haitien. Illegal weapons are hidden in shipping containers among toy and clothes donations. In...
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