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Haiti’s Gangs Turn To Starving (Street) Children To Bolster Their Ranks

Global UpfrontOct 30, 2024October 30, 20240

By Amalendu Misra After months of relentless gang violence, thousands of killings, and the unseating of a government, Haiti is faced with another heartbreaking issue

Gangs In Haiti Open fire On UN Helicopter As Violence Surges

Global UpfrontOct 25, 2024October 25, 20240

Gangs on Thursday opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter, forcing it to land in Port-au-Prince in the latest attack in Haiti’s capital as violence

Insecurity: First Deployment Of Kenyan Police To Arrive Haiti This Week, Says U.S. State Department

Global UpfrontJun 25, 2024June 25, 20240

The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya on Tuesday and are set to arrive this week,

FAO, WFP Warns Of Famine In Gaza, Starvation In Nigeria, Sudan, Haiti, 14 Other Nations

Global UpfrontJun 5, 2024June 5, 20240

The Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) have jointly issued a statement warning that acute food insecurity is set to

Haiti’s Freefall Into An Abyss Can Only Be Prevented If Gangs Are Allowed To Be Part Of A New Government

Global UpfrontApr 9, 2024April 9, 20240

By Amalendu Misra The poorest nation in the western hemisphere, Haiti, finds itself in a catastrophic situation. For close to a month now, the country

Kenya’s Mission to Haiti: How the 1,000-strong Force is Preparing for Planned Intervention

Global UpfrontApr 3, 2024April 3, 20240

By Oscar Gakuo Mwangi Kenya has temporarily halted controversial plans to send a specially trained contingent of 1,000 police officers to Haiti, where armed gang

How American Guns Fuel Haiti Crisis

Global UpfrontMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

The crisis in Haiti over gangs who have overrun the country and outmatched security forces is fueled in part by a major, illegal flow of

Nigeria Heading For The Abyss, Security Expert Warns

Global UpfrontMar 20, 2024March 20, 20240

By Steven Kefas Since the meltdown of law and order in Haiti and the Republic of Nigeria more or less took a turn for the

U.S. Military Evacuates Embassy Staff From Port-au-Prince Amid Haiti’s Escalating Gang Violence, Imminent Collapse

Global UpfrontMar 11, 2024March 11, 20240

The United States military conducted an overnight operation Saturday into Sunday to evacuate American personnel by airlift from the U.S. Embassy in Haiti as violence

Controversial UN Peacekeeping Mission: If Kenya Wants To Help Haiti, It Should Push For Colonial Reparations Not Send In The Police

Global UpfrontNov 24, 2023November 24, 20230

As the security situation in Haiti deteriorates, Kenya has offered to lead a new sort of UN mission to the country from 2024. In early