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Haiti swears in new PM as gunfire at airport hits flight from US

Haiti’s main international airport closes after bullets hit Spirit flight, hours before new prime minister takes office.

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Blinken announces aid, US support for peacekeeping force on Haiti visit

Antony Blinken arrived in the capital of Port-au-Prince to meet with Haiti’s transitional government amid gang violence.

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New Government Formed In Restive Haiti

A new government was formed in Haiti on Tuesday, tasked with restoring security and stability in the Caribbean nation that is ravaged by gang violence and political chaos.

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Taiwan takes ‘pragmatic’ approach to keep formal allies amid China pressure

Taipei chooses pragmatism over ideology in relations with its diplomatic allies, but it might not be enough.

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In Haiti, Political Parties Lash Out At PM Over Council Limbo

The Haitian parties set to form a long-awaited governing council have called for the body to be installed "as soon as possible," accusing the outgoing prime minister of changing the terms of their earlier deal.

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Transitional Ruling Council Finally Forms In Anarchic Haiti

A governing council tasked with filling a leadership vacuum in Haiti and restoring a semblance of order was formerly installed Friday in the Caribbean nation that has been rocked by an explosion of gang violence.

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Haiti decrees creation of transition council as tens of thousands flee capital

Haiti’s government on Friday issued a decree in its official gazette formalising the creation of a nine-member transitional presidential council one month after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced he would step down amid a wave of gang attacks. Earlier in the day, the United Nations said that some 95,000 people…

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Haiti Gangs Loot National Library, Threatening Historic Documents

Haiti's National Library was looted Wednesday by armed gangs terrorizing the Caribbean nation's capital Port-au-Prince amid extended political paralysis, its director told AFP. Dangelo Neard said the history of Haiti -- the Western Hemisphere's second-oldest republic -- was being threatened.

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More than 50,000 people flee Haiti capital due to rampant gang violence

More than 50,000 people were displaced from Port-au-Prince within three weeks last month, fleeing an explosion of gang violence in the Haitian capital, the United Nations said Tuesday.

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53,000 People Flee Port-au-Prince In Three Weeks Of Gang Violence: UN

More than 50,000 people fled Port-au-Prince within three weeks last month as an explosion of gang violence shook the Haitian capital, the United Nations said Tuesday.

International Business Times

Haiti's Future Governing Council Vows To Restore Order

The governing council that aims to oversee a political transition in Haiti vowed Wednesday to restore "public and democratic order," in its first statement to the Caribbean nation wracked by a worsening security crisis.

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Haiti Leaders Struggle To Find Transition Consensus As Crisis Broils

The Caribbean nation's security crisis has been intensified by a political one: elections have not been held since 2016, with Prime Minister Ariel Henry heading the country since President Jovenel Moise's 2021 assassination.

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Raoul Peck's New Documentary Investigates Assassination Of Haitian President

Raoul Peck's upcoming documentary explores Haiti's political turmoil and corruption post-Moise's assassination.

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Haiti Works At Govt Transition As Gang Leader Vows To Fight On

Gangs that control most of the capital Port-au-Prince launched an armed campaign almost two weeks ago saying they intended to topple Prime Minister Ariel Henry, sending the nation into violent conflict with warnings of possible famine and civil war.

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Haitians Scramble To Form Governing Body Amid Gang Violence

Haitian stakeholders were working feverishly Wednesday to form a transitional governing body, after Prime Minister Ariel Henry agreed to resign in hopes of restoring order to the impoverished nation as it faces a deep crisis of gang violence.

International Business Times

Haiti Sees Major Step But Crisis Could Still Worsen

A political transition deal in Haiti marks a key step forward for the violence-ravaged country but far more needs to be done, with some experts warning the situation could deteriorate further.

International Business Times

Fall Of Ariel Henry, Disputed Prime Minister Of Haiti

Ariel Henry, a renowned doctor but controversial political leader who resigned on Monday, became prime minister of Haiti after the 2021 assassination of president Jovenel Moise, but never managed to put an end to the violence and chaos in his country.

France 24

How a lack of leadership allowed gangs to take over Haiti

Haiti has descended into a state of chaos and despair in recent years, with gangs seizing control of large swaths of the nation and imposing their rule through fear, violence and extortion. FRANCE 24 spoke to expert Rosa Freedman on what paved the way for gangs to take hold of…

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Police Station Set Alight As Violence Grips Troubled Haiti

Haiti's crisis threatened to deepen Thursday after another police station was set alight in a further attack targeting the troubled country's law enforcement forces as criminal gangs extend their control.

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UN Security Council Meeting Raises Alarm On 'Critical' Haiti Situation

The UN Security Council expressed its concern over the deteriorating situation in violence-gripped Haiti on Wednesday, as Washington ramped up pressure on absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry to secure a political settlement.

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US denies pressuring Haiti PM Henry to resign, urges political ‘transition’

US officials urge Ariel Henry to set up ‘inclusive governance structure’ that will stem violence and lead to elections.

International Business Times

Kenya Police Deployment To Haiti: What's Next?

A reciprocal agreement between Kenya and Haiti to send police from the East African nation to the violence-wracked country has raised hopes the Nairobi-led, UN-backed multinational peace mission could deploy soon.

France 24

Gang warfare plunges Haiti's capital into crisis

Sunday's major prison break in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, in which gangs allowed thousands of inmates to escape, has plunged the country even deeper into chaos. Authorities declared a state of emergency and curfew in the capital, 80 percent of which is controlled by criminal gangs. Since the shock assassination…

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UN Security Council To Meet On Spiraling Haiti Crisis

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting Wednesday on violence-wracked Haiti, where marauding gangs are threatening a bloody civil war unless absent Prime Minister Ariel Henry steps down.

France 24

Armed gangs try to take control of Haiti's main airport after jailbreak

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.

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