The Latest Breaking News from Haiti

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

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

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 Conversation · Oct 30, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Oct 27, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

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.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 24, 2023

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

The Independent UK · Oct 24, 2023

A main suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested after 2 years

Haiti's national police say a former justice official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 has been arrested

The Independent UK · Oct 20, 2023

Garcelle Beauvais teams with Kellogg Foundation for a $90M plan to expand 'Pockets of Hope' in Haiti

Humanitarian donations to conflict-ravaged Haiti have dramatically declined since the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

The Independent UK · Oct 19, 2023