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Why Haiti’s gangs are gaining ground despite the presence of an international armed force

There is a level of underestimation of the power of the gangs, not only the way they operate, but their capacity to hold the terrain, their capacity to know the terrain, their capacity to fight or not fight,

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The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti has surged by 70% in the past year SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at ...

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UN evacuates staff from Haiti as gangs deepen control over capital

United Nations evacuation flights are set to land in Panama City this week as the international organization removes staff from Haiti due to a sharp escalation in violence by armed gangs that have ...

Seattle Times · 3d

Children are being recruited into Haitian armed gangs at an alarming rate, UNICEF says

The number of children being recruited by the country’s violent gangs has soared by 70% in the last year, says a new report.

Jurist · 3d

The recruitment of child soldiers by gangs has risen nearly 70 percent in the past years in Haiti, according to a report released by the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on

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Gangs tighten their grip on Haiti as peacekeeping debate drags on

Violence in Haiti claimed 150 lives this week, bringing the death toll from gang warfare to over 4,000 this year. The ...

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A Military Approach Alone Won’t Be Enough to Tackle Haiti’s Gangs

But the tranquility is deceptive. In order to support Haiti’s weakened national police in taking back control from the ...

Number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says

They’re not doing this voluntarily,” said Geeta Narayan, UNICEF’s representative in Haiti. “Even when they are armed with ...

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Haiti’s gangs inflict ‘extreme brutality’ as casualties rise – UN report

A woman flees her home from gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, October 26, 2024 [Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters] Gangs also occupied the communities of Carrefour and Gressier in the outskirts of ...

1don MSN

Haiti police veteran jailed for a killing that occurred while he was elsewhere, has been freed

A senior police precinct chief in Haiti, jailed in the assassination of a motorcycle driver with alleged gang ties, has been ...

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Rescuing Haiti from Gang Rule

Since January, nearly five thousand civilian deaths have occurred as a result of relentless gang warfare in Port-au-Prince, ...

In Haiti, a Grim Barometer: Even United Nations Workers Are Fleeing

A surge in gang violence over the past two weeks has led international aid organizations to rethink their staff levels in ...

3don MSN

Haiti wonders what's next as gang violence surges and the push for a UN peacekeeping mission flops

The statement was issued just days after gangs launched a pre-dawn attack Tuesday around an upper-class community in Haiti’s ...

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