It’s an unimaginable predicament that Haiti, a country besieged by political instability, gang violence and a collapse of its ...

Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of Haiti. Gun-toting gangsters have ...

ON my first trip to Haiti in 2000, I could move around freely. I’d take one of the colourful minibuses in the capital, Port-au-Prince. If the distance was short, I’d ...

An AFP cable from June indicated that “the inhabitants of the Martissant neighborhood left when several armed gangs tried to take control of this strategic enclave. One of the main roads that connects ...

Widespread gang violence has plagued Haiti for nearly two years, as armed groups vie for control after the July ... will identify gang members and take law enforcement officers directly to them ...

An armed gang near Haiti’s capital ambushed two armored police vehicles ... Calling the attack “odious,” the association called on Haitian authorites to take responsibility in guaranteeing the safety ...

Police officers take cover during an anti-gang operation in the ... they travel to and from Haiti regularly.) Muscadin reportedly maintains rigorous control over people and goods moving ...

2:11 Haiti crisis ... empowering gangs, in the hope of bringing about a political consensus among Haitians on how the international community should help. The UN says gangs now control 80 per ...

Haiti's nearly 200 gangs have taken advantage of the chaos, warring for control. Tension hums in Port-au-Prince ... he would not allow the AP to film or take photos of his guards and their weapons.

In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in violence in the country’s capital, according to information gathered by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti ... of alleged gang members ...