insert_link World Gang violence continues In Haiti despite new interim government With a new Prime Minister in place, the United Nations says Haiti is making headway to restore peace and hold credible elections. But these new developments are marred by ongoing gang violence in the capital and a lack of law and order. Jody Jacobs reports. todayJuly 4, 2024 3
insert_link World Haiti Can’t Survive Without the Kenyan-Led International Security Force The humanitarian conditions in Haiti are “cataclysmic,” the UN’s human rights commissioner said recently. A new transitional presidential council and an interim prime minister have just been installed, but a third essential element for political stability, an international security force to root out the deadly gangs, has yet to arrive. UNOCHA/GILES CLARKE By Damilola Banjo It’s no secret that gang violence and political instability are threatening […] todayMay 2, 2024 15
insert_link Africa Can the UN Security Council Finally Wrap Its Mind Around Haiti? It’s Trying More than 362,000 Haitians are displaced in their country as violence by armed gangs convulses the Caribbean island nation amid a government collapse, lack of a strong police force and an intervention force being long delayed to the country. A new transitional council, proposed by the Caribbean intergovernmental bloc, could stem the chaos. UNOCHA/HAITI By Damilola Banjo The United Nations Security Council endorsed an international police mission last fall to try […] todayMarch 20, 2024 21
insert_link World Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns amid crisis Embattled Haitian Prime Minister, Ariel Henry, has resigned following weeks of mounting pressure on him to step down. The country has been in chaos for several weeks as gangs have been attacking government structures and social order is on the brink of collapse. Henry is currently stranded in Puerto Rico after being prevented by armed gangs from returning home. According to Al Jazeera, regional leaders of the Caribbean Community have […] todayMarch 12, 2024 3
insert_link World How Haiti became a failed state By Nicolas Forsans, University of Essex The US military started airlifting embassy staff out of Haiti overnight as the Caribbean island descends further into chaos. Rival gangs have joined forces to overrun the country’s capital, Port-au-Prince, in an attempt to force the resignation of the acting president, Ariel Henry. The gang leader behind the violence, Jimmy “Barbecue” Chérizier, has warned there will be a “civil war that […] todayMarch 11, 2024 18
insert_link World Haiti’s humanitarian gang violence displaces children Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a humanitarian crisis, the UN Children's Fund, UNICEF, warned on Wednesday. At least 170,000 children are now displaced - double the number from last year – amid an increase in gang-led killings and kidnappings, sexual violence, and a severe food crisis. todayFebruary 1, 2024 11
Paying it forward: Kenyan coastal doctor Bashrahil Mohammed Mafudh has made it his life’s work to care for the most vulnerable in his community, at no cost.
