Mar 02 Watch 6:00 What cuts in U.S. foreign aid may mean for children suffering in Haiti By Ali Rogin In Haiti, years of chaos and instability have brought the country to the brink of collapse. More than 1 million people, nearly 10 percent of the population, have been displaced. Now, as the Trump administration eliminates most U.S. foreign aid… Continue watching
Feb 20 Guterres to propose UN funds mission struggling to fight gangs in Haiti By Dánica Coto, Associated Press U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres made the announcement late Wednesday in Barbados, where leaders of a 15-member Caribbean trade bloc known as Caricom gathered for a three-day conference to tackle regional issues, including gang violence in Haiti. Continue reading
Dec 25 Gang attack on reopening of Haiti's biggest hospital kills 2 reporters, 1 police officer By Evens Sanon, Associated Press The Haitian Association of Journalists said seven reporters were wounded in what it called "a macabre scene comparable to terrorism, pure and simple."… Continue reading
Nov 22 Watch 10:17 Boys forced into gangs, girls face sexual abuse as Haiti violence robs childhoods By Marcia Biggs, André Paultre, Eric O'Connor Gang warfare in Haiti has displaced about 700,000 people, more than half of them are children. The fighting has sent poverty and hunger skyrocketing and children are caught between the gangs and their tenuous futures. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs and… Continue watching
Nov 20 Watch 10:11 An inside look at how gang warfare in Haiti has devastated daily life By Marcia Biggs, André Paultre, Eric O'Connor Despite a UN-approved security mission that deployed in June to try and restore some order, large swaths of the country remain under gang control and violence is endemic. Special Correspondent Marcia Biggs and videographer Eric O'Connor traveled there for a… Continue watching
Nov 14 Masses of Haitians flee homes in the capital as gang violence explodes amid political turmoil By Pierre-Richard Luxama, Evens Sanon, Associated Press Residents fled a running battle Thursday between gang members and police in one of the few neighborhoods of Haiti’s capital that hadn’t already been fully taken over by gangs, as violence flared amid political turmoil. Continue reading
Nov 12 Haiti's main airport and capital frozen day after plane shot by gangs By Evens Sanon, Associated Press Life in much of the capital was frozen following the wave of violence, which came to a head when gangs shot a Spirit Airlines airplane. Continue reading
Nov 11 Haiti's main airport shuts down amid gang violence surge, U.S. embassy says By Associated Press Haiti’s airport is temporarily closing as gangs were attempting to take control of it, the US embassy reported, the same day a new interim prime minister was expected to take over the direction of a country facing a surge of… Continue reading
Nov 10 Haiti replaces its prime minister amid tumultuous democratic transition process By Evens Sanon, Associated Press A transitionary council created to reestablish democratic order in Haiti signed a degree Sunday firing interim Prime Minister Garry Conille and replacing him with Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, a businessman who was previously considered for the job. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 6:33 'They're all dead': Haitians try to flee increasingly inescapable gang violence By Ali Rogin, Gerard Edic, Harry Zahn Haitian immigrants have found themselves at the center of a political storm this fall, as former President Trump and his supporters repeatedly make unfounded claims about them. Most came to the United States to escape the humanitarian crisis in Haiti,… Continue watching