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Haiti forms provisional electoral council to prepare for its first elections since 2016

By Dánica Coto, Associated Press

The electoral council, which represents groups including farmers, journalists, human rights activists and the Vodou community, is tasked with organizing the elections and helping create the legal framework to hold them.

WATCH: Trump amplifies false racist rumor about Ohio’s Haitian immigrants in debate

By Mike Catalini, Julie Carr Smyth, Bruce Shipkowski, Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday amplified false rumors that Haitian immigrants in Ohio were abducting and eating pets, repeating during a televised debate the type of inflammatory and anti-immigrant rhetoric he has promoted throughout his campaigns.

Ohio is sending troopers and $2.5 million to city where many Haitian migrants have relocated

By Julie Carr Smyth, Associated Press

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said the Haitians who have moved to Ohio are generally hard-working people who love their families and who are seeking to escape the violence in their home country for good jobs in Ohio.

Ohio city with Haitian migrant influx thrust into political spotlight

By William Brangham, Mary Fecteau

Springfield, Ohio, is at the center of one of the most fraught issues in this election. GOP vice presidential candidate JD Vance wrote that “Haitian illegal immigrants” are “draining social services and generally causing chaos.” Springfield has seen its population…

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WATCH: Blinken visits Haiti in show of U.S. support for efforts to fight gang violence

By Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Thursday in Haiti to reaffirm the U.S. government’s commitment to a multinational mission to fight gangs in the Caribbean country and push for long-awaited general elections.

Young Haitians join military as widespread gang violence creates rare job opportunities

By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Thousands of young Haitians are jumping at the chance to become soldiers as widespread gang violence creates rare job opportunities in a deeply impoverished country where work is scarce.

Haiti’s Olympic athletes compete to inspire resilience in nation struggling with violence

By Megan Janetsky, Associated Press

For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Olympic Games has always been about more than just winning gold.

2nd UN-backed contingent of Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help quell gang violence

By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

The officers arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs control at least 80 percent of the city.

UN-backed contingent of foreign police arrive in Haiti, Kenya-led officers prepare to face gangs

By Associated Press

A couple hundred officers from Kenya landed in the capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday. It wasn't immediately known what the Kenyans' first assignment would be.

Haitian leaders replace police chief as officer deaths rise amid gang violence

By Evens Sanon, Dánica Coto, Associated Press

Haitian leaders have ousted Frantz Elbé, the beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police, following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs.