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Possible Kenya-led mission to Haiti prompts growing calls for safeguards

Rights advocates say framework needed due to Kenya’s domestic police record, grim history of intervention in Haiti.

Al Jazeera

Haitian judge interviews Colombian suspects for the first time since the president was assassinated

A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

The Independent UK

Haiti police probe killings of parishioners who were led by a pastor into gang territory

The director of Haiti’s National Police is vowing to hold accountable those who encouraged hundreds of parishioners to take up machetes and sticks over the weekend to rid a community of gang members, only to be fatally shot by them

The Independent UK

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A gang in Haiti opens fire on a crowd of parishioners trying to rid the community of criminals

A powerful gang in Haiti has opened fire on a large group of parishioners led by a pastor as they marched through a community armed with machetes to rid the area of gang members

The Independent UK

US nurse kidnapped in Haiti speaks via video for first time since her release

A U.S. nurse who was kidnapped in Haiti last month with her young daughter spoke via video this week for the first time since her release

The Independent UK

Tropical storm hits Caribbean, wildfires rage in Greece. What to know about extreme weather now

Tropical Storm Franklin made landfall Wednesday on the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti, dumping heavy rains expected to trigger landslides and flooding in both countries

The Independent UK

A key part of the White House's strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border goes on trial

The U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. Critics say it stretches the law too far. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to hold a trial.

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Biden administration to defend migration parole program at trial - Roll Call

The Biden administration will defend a key migration program this week in a Texas federal court, a key part of its immigration strategy.

Roll Call

Tropical Storm Franklin nears Haiti and the Dominican Republic bringing fears of floods, landslides

Tropical Storm Franklin is roaring toward the island of Hispaniola shared by the Dominican Republic and Haiti amid fears it would trigger deadly landslides and heavy flooding in both countries

The Independent UK

Kenyan team in Haiti looking into ways how to help the Caribbean nation fight rampant gang violence

A team of Kenyan officials is in Haiti to explore how best to help the troubled Caribbean nation fight the scourge of gang violence, following up on Nairobi’s offer to lead a multinational force in the task

The Independent UK

Haiti and Dominican Republic brace for Tropical Storm Franklin as Harold approaches Texas coast

Tropical Storm Franklin is churning through the Caribbean Sea as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warn residents to prepare for floods and landslides

The Independent UK

Tropical Storm Franklin nears Haiti and Dominican Republic as countries on path brace for floods

Tropical Storm Franklin is churning through the Caribbean Sea as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warn residents to prepare for floods and landslides

The Independent UK

Haiti and Dominican Republic warn of floods and landslides as Tropical Storm Franklin nears

Tropical Storm Franklin is churning through the Caribbean Sea as authorities in Haiti and the Dominican Republic warn residents to prepare for floods and landslides

The Independent UK

UN condemns recent gang attacks in Haiti as Kenya deploys recon mission to troubled nation

U.N. human rights officials are denouncing what they called the “extreme brutality” of gangs in Haiti as thousands flee several neighborhoods in the country’s capital this week amid a surge in violence

The Independent UK

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Haiti: 97% of households in some areas suffering from severe hunger

Of 2,664 households interviewed in Croix-des-Bouquets and Delmas, 2,596 were usually getting one meal a day, survey found

The Independent UK

Haiti gang leader vows to fight any foreign armed force and urges revolt against government

An ex-police officer considered by many to be Haiti’s most powerful gang leader says he will welcome the deployment of an international armed force to the Caribbean country but vows to fight if it commits any abuses

The Conversation

Prospect of Kenyan troops in Haiti has sparked concerns – but may also prompt soul-searching across the Americas over lack of action

The kidnapping and subsequent release of U.S. nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter in Haiti in early August 2023 drew brief international attention to crime in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

The Independent UK

UN chief urges deployment of police special forces and military support to combat gangs in Haiti

The United Nations chief is urging the international community to deploy a multinational force comprising “police special forces and military support units” to Haiti to combat gangs with sophisticated weapons and restore security to the impoverished Caribbean nation

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The Guardian - US

‘There’s no police or state’: Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars

Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers

France 24

Human Rights Watch urges international intervention to end surging gang violence in Haiti

A human rights group urged the international community on Monday to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti as it detailed the brutal rapes and killings committed in the troubled nation's capital.

The Independent UK

Rights group urges rapid international intervention to end spiraling gang violence in Haiti

A human rights group has urged the international community to intervene quickly to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti

The Guardian - UK

Zo Reken review – Toyota Land Cruiser becomes a safe space in conflict-ridden Haiti

Debates on national identity and foreign aid are par for the course for car riders – though this documentary is itself tangled up in the country’s complex power structures

The Independent UK

AP-Week in Pictures: Aug. 3 - Aug. 10, 2023

From fiery protests in Haiti, to wildfires in Hawaii, to an assassination in Ecuador, this photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from around the world made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.

The Independent UK

Aid organization says US nurse and daughter freed after abduction in Haiti are healthy and unharmed

An aid organization says a U.S. nurse and her young daughter who were kidnapped in Haiti in late July and released this week were not harmed and are healthy

France 24

American nurse and young daughter released by Haitian kidnappers

Kidnappers in Haiti released a US nurse and her daughter Wednesday, nearly two weeks after they were snatched at gunpoint from the campus of a Christian-run school near Port-au-Prince, underscoring the severe security risks for visitors to a capital city largely controlled by gangs.

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