Haiti, the poorest nation in the Americas, sees worsening crisis as gangs gain ground

Protesters face police as they are dispersed by tear gas in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 27, 2025. CLARENS SIFFROY / AFP The UN rights chief on Friday, March 28, said that the situation in Haiti was worsening as armed gangs seize territory, team up …

Illegal weapons fuelling an increase in Haiti's gang violence, says UN

ILLEGAL weapons smuggled into Haiti are fuelling an increase in gang violence and leading to severe human rights abuses, according to a United Nations report released this week. More than 4,200 people were killed from July to February, and another 1,356 …

UN human rights commissioner makes impassioned plea on behalf of Haiti

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, Friday said that the human rights situation in Haiti has reached yet another crisis point and called on regional  and international stakeholders, including the media “ to put the spotlight …

UN warns of ‘severe’ human rights abuses in Haiti due to flood of illegal weapons smuggled in

Gang violence is on the rise in Haiti as illegal weapons are being smuggled into the country, according to a United Nations report. From July 2024 to February, more than 4,200 people were killed in the Caribbean country, with another 1,356 injured.  Much …

Gunmen attack convoy evacuating medical staff after Haiti hospital shutters

San Juan, Puerto Rico (AP) — Doctors Without Borders said Monday that four of its vehicles came under fire while they evacuated staff from a hospital in Haiti’s capital as gang violence in the city surges. The aid organization said the attack occurred after …

UN warns of ‘severe human rights abuses’ in Haiti, illegal flow of weapons

[KALE CAREY] THE UNITED NATIONS IS WARNING OF “SEVERE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES “IN HAITI AND BLAMES A SURGE IN VIOLENCE ON THE UNRELENTING FLOW OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS INTO THE ISLAND NATION. THE FINDINGS COME IN A NEWLY RELEASED  U-N REPORT REVEALING MORE THAN 42- …

Haiti reaches ‘yet another crisis point’ as gangs tighten their grip

Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council in Geneva that the country had reached “yet another crisis point,” with heavily armed gangs expanding their control, public institutions in ruins and a humanitarian emergency deepening by the day. “I am not sure …

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Widespread blackouts deepen Haiti’s humanitarian crisis

A prolonged blackout in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, is deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis, as escalating gang violence prevents critical repairs and disrupts daily life. For nearly two months, the substation supplying power to Carrefour- …

Former Jamaican PM says Haiti on the brink of collapse

Former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding has warned that Haiti is “at the brink of a failed state” as he noted that more financing is needed to increase the manpower in the Kenyan-led security mission in the country. “It is perilously close to failure …