BRIDGETOWN, Barbados — Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders clashed this week over the feasibility of Haiti’s planned November 15 elections, as the nation’s escalating gang violence and institutional collapse overshadowed regional talks aimed at stabilizing its political future. The divide dominated discussions at the bloc’s three-day summit, where leaders acknowledged that Haiti’s crisis now threatens regional…
By Haiti 24 News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The year 2024 will be remembered as one of the darkest chapters in Haiti’s history, as the nation grapples with an explosion of gang violence that has disproportionately targeted children and families, plunging the country into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. A harrowing report by UNICEF, released this week…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti — Haiti’s government announced a sweeping security crackdown on Monday, vowing to deploy a “rapid and large-scale mobilization” of police and military forces to wrest control of gang-dominated neighborhoods, as violence paralyzes the capital and fuels a deepening humanitarian crisis. Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, who also chairs the Superior Council of the…
Haiti’s descent into lawlessness under gang rule has triggered an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with sexual violence against children surging by 1,000% since 2023, according to a dire warning from UNICEF. Armed groups now control 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, turning neighborhoods into zones of terror where minors are subjected to kidnappings, rape, and forced recruitment,…
