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Coup leader Guy Philippe repatriated to Haiti as many question his next role in country in upheaval

Notorious coup leader Guy Philippe has returned to Haiti after the U.S. government repatriated him

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UN warns that gang violence is overwhelming Haiti's once peaceful central region

The U.N. says gangs are invading Haiti’s rural central region and suffocating a once peaceful area that served as the country’s food basket but that is now plagued by kidnappings, killings and rapes

The Independent UK

Booming Migrant Charter Flights To Nicaragua Prompt US Crackdown

Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft.

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Haiti Human Rights Group Suspends Operations Due To Threats Amid Growing Gang Wars

Center for Human Rights Analysis and Research said they will reduce their activities for a couple of months due to threats.

Latin Times

If Kenya wants to help Haiti, it should push for colonial reparations not send in the police

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 October, the UN Security Council authorised a Multinational Security Support mission led by Kenya to confront the paramilitary-style gangs that control the capital city of…

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New York lawmaker accused of rape in lawsuit filed under state's expiring Adult Survivors Act

A state lawmaker from Brooklyn has been accused in a lawsuit of raping a woman early in his legislative career when he went to her home to discuss disaster relief efforts for Haiti

The Independent UK

Haitian immigrants sue Indiana over law that limits driver's license access to certain Ukrainians

A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a group of Indiana residents from Haiti who say a recently passed state law unconstitutionally discriminates against immigrants of certain nationalities

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Kenyan court blocks police mission to Haiti despite parliament's approval

The Kenyan parliament on Thursday approved the deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti to help deal with rising gang violence in the Caribbean nation – but later on the same day, the High Court upheld its stay on the process.

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Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police

One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many

The Independent UK

Kenya approves police deployment mission in Haiti despite court order

In tonight's edition: Kenyan lawmakers try to sidestep court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa. Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s biggest…

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Kenya's high court extends a block on sending police to Haiti even as parliament approves deployment

Kenya’s high court has extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti

The Independent UK

Haitian gang leader added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for kidnapping and killing Americans

The FBI has added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation

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Hospital director in Haiti says a gang stormed in and took hundreds of women and children hostage

A hospital director in Haiti says a heavily armed gang burst into the facility and took hostage hundreds of women, children and newborns

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Math teacher who became powerful Haitian gang leader has been killed, former mayor says

A former mayor says that a powerful and feared gang leader in Haiti who was once a math and physics teacher was killed in a neighborhood within a sprawling seaside slum that he controlled for years

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Tensions between Dominican Republic and Haiti flare after a brief armed standoff at the border

The Dominican Republic is accusing Haiti of multiple border violations in the latest dispute involving their shared frontier on the island of Hispaniola

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Kenya says it won't deploy police to fight gangs in Haiti until they receive training and funding

Kenya says it won't deploy its police officers to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month’s approval from the U

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Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border

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UN human rights official is alarmed by sprawling gang violence in Haiti

The United Nations expert on human rights in Haiti says he is alarmed by the rapid spread of gang violence and the bleak future awaiting children in the embattled country

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Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

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Haiti bans charter flights to Nicaragua in blow to migrants fleeing poverty and violence

Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States

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Darien Gap: As migrants take deadly risks for better lives, Canada and the U.S. must do much more

Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller recently announced that as many as 15,000 displaced people with extended family connections in Canada — most of them from Colombia, Haiti and Venezuela and located in Central or South America or the Caribbean — are now eligible to apply to immigrate to Canada on…

The Independent UK

Retired Colombian army officer gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

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Nicaragua is weaponizing US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say

Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months

Radio France Internationale

UN warns of increasing gang violence in Haiti amid calls for Kenya-led peace mission

Kenyan court on Tuesday extended an order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti on a UN-backed mission aiming to pacify the troubled Caribbean nation.

The Independent UK

Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says

The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high

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