Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier said government and police are responsible for the gang's current levels of violence and spoke ...
Increasingly, they seek solace and protection from violent gangs that have killed, raped and kidnapped thousands in recent ...
The US has begun flying equipment to Haiti to supply a foreign force aiming to restore order in the country. Haiti's capital ...
Barbecue is the man who convinced many of Haiti's gangs to stop fighting each other and start fighting the government. He ...
Young Haitians are increasingly exposed to relentless sounds of violence and bodies in the streets. Some 900 schools have ...
The changes come as Haiti prepares for the U.N.-backed deployment of a Kenyan police force to help fight gangs that have ...
Haiti's capital has been relatively calm in recently ahead of the anticipated deployment of an international security force lead by Kenyans aimed to bring order to a city crippled by gang violence.
Haiti’s ill-fortune was pushed to its nadir last month with an unprecedented wave of gang violence that has effectively shut down Port-au-Prince. The city’s main seaport and airport are dark.
Haiti’s health system has long been fragile ... Even if a hospital is open, sometimes there is little or no medical staff because gang violence erupts daily in Port-au-Prince, forcing doctors ...
There wasn't much hope at a crowded makeshift shelter set up at Haiti’s former Ministry of Communications — a building the government had abandoned due to gang violence. Rose Hippolite ...
Such luxuries are absent in Port-au-Prince. More than 2,500 people were killed or injured in gang violence from January to March across Haiti, a more than 50% increase from the same period last ...
Security personnel patrols near the Villa d’Accueil where Haiti’s transition council will be installed, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince (Reuters) Haiti's prime minister has resigned ...