Powerful gangs launch new attack on Haiti's capital | AP News
Nov 20, 2024 · A powerful gang coalition has launched a new attack on Haiti’s capital. Gunmen targeted an upscale community in Port-au-Prince where they clashed with residents who fought side-by-side with police.
Multiple gangs attack neighborhoods across Haiti's capital | AP News
Oct 18, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Multiple gangs attacked several communities in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Friday, setting fire to homes and a church as bullets whizzed through the area.
184 killed in Haiti, U.N. says, as gang leader allegedly ... - CBS News
Dec 9, 2024 · The United Nations human rights chief said Monday that 184 people were killed over the weekend in the Haitian capital, as Port-au-Prince was rocked by a spike in gang violence that...
Haiti: Machete-wielding militias battle gangs in Port-au-Prince as ...
Mar 19, 2024 · In the Port-au-Prince neighborhood of Canapé Vert on Monday, crowds seized a man they accused of belonging to a nearby gang – forcing him to walk down the road toward a cemetery before killing...
Gangs in Haiti try to seize control of main ... - Associated Press News
Mar 5, 2024 · PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.
Gangs tighten grip as Haiti spirals to collapse - BBC
Mar 11, 2024 · Haiti is fast descending into anarchy. 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...
Haiti violence: Number of internally displaced tripled in 2024 - BBC News
2 days ago · Most of those displaced fled Port-au-Prince for rural areas, where resources are limited, the IOM warned. Its Director-General, Amy Pope, said that Haiti needed "sustained humanitarian assistance ...
Gunfire near Haiti airport disrupts flights for second day - CNN
Mar 2, 2024 · Flights at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti’s capital have been disrupted for the second straight day by heavy gunfire nearby, as the Caribbean nation grapples with surging gang violence and...
Haiti's main port closes as gang violence spirals - BBC
Mar 7, 2024 · Local media report that armed men broke into the port in capital Port-au-Prince, looting containers. It follows attacks by gangs on the airport, police stations and prisons this week.
Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Doctors Without Borders accuses police of …
Nov 14, 2024 · Two wounded patients were killed after police officers and vigilantes attacked an ambulance in Haiti on Monday, according to humanitarian group Doctors Without Borders.