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Haiti's national police guard removed makeshift barricades made of steel fences and tree branches protesters placed to block the National Palace entrance. Image by Matiado Vilme from Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain). In August last year, the Kenyan government announced its interest in sending about 1,500 police troops to Haiti to lead international security efforts to curb gang violence. This was in response to the Haitian government's appeal for help, which was supported by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the United States. Meanwhile, major international governments including the U...
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Nairobi (AFP) - Kenyan President William Ruto voiced confidence Friday that a UN-backed mission tasked with quelling gang-fuelled anarchy in Haiti would go ahead. Kenya has offered to send about 1,000 police as the head of a multinational force for the troubled Caribbean nation, with the deployment expected in a matter of weeks. There had been speculation a first contingent would arrive last week to coincide with Ruto's state visit to Washington, but instead an advance team was sent to carry out reconnaissance work. "In light of Kenya's lead role in the UN Security Council mandated Multination...
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Washington (AFP) - A US couple was among three missionaries shot and killed by a gang outside a church in the Haitian capital, which has endured months of extreme violence with deadly assaults on hospitals, prisons and government buildings. Missions in Haiti, an Oklahoma-based nonprofit founded in 2000, said Davy and Natalie Lloyd and a third person were killed in Port-au-Prince by armed men on Thursday evening. The third victim was identified by US media outlets as Jude Montis, the Haitian director of Missions in Haiti. "Davy and Natalie and Jude were shot and killed by the gang about 9 o'clo...
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Some senior U.S. Republicans criticized the presidential administration's decision to direct military aid to Haiti from Pentagon stocks, claiming it could have otherwise been sent to Ukraine, Politico reported on May 21. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration approved in April a $60 million military aid package for the Haitian National Police and international security missions from countries like Kenya in order to help quell gang violence on the Caribbean island. The package is meant to fast-track rifles, ammunition, and armored vehicles from the presidential drawdown authority (PDA), a to...
Kyiv Independent
Some senior U.S. Republicans criticized the presidential administration's decision to direct military aid to Haiti from Pentagon stocks, claiming it could have otherwise been sent to Ukraine, Politico reported on May 21. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration approved in April a $60 million military aid package for the Haitian National Police and international security missions from countries like Kenya in order to help quell gang violence on the Caribbean island. The package is meant to fast-track rifles, ammunition, and armored vehicles from the presidential drawdown authority (PDA), a to...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
Some senior U.S. Republicans criticized the presidential administration's decision to direct military aid to Haiti from Pentagon stocks, claiming it could have otherwise been sent to Ukraine, Politico reported on May 21. U.S. President Joe Biden's administration approved in April a $60 million military aid package for the Haitian National Police and international security missions from countries like Kenya in order to help quell gang violence on the Caribbean island. The package is meant to fast-track rifles, ammunition, and armored vehicles from the presidential drawdown authority (PDA), a to...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
Pope Francis has said he is thinking about the struggles facing the people of Haiti. He was speaking to thousands of people who had gathered on St. Mark’s square in Venice to hear the pontiff offer mass. “The population is in despair because of the collapse of the health care system, food shortages and violence that is forcing people to flee,” Pope Francis said. Haiti has been in turmoil since the 2021 assassination of president Jovenel Moïse. Gang violence is rife in the capital, with armed groups controlling most of Port-au-Prince. In a report published last month, the United Nations describ...
Euronews (English)
Haiti steht vor der schlimmsten Nahrungsmittelkrise seit 12 Jahren, berichtet das Welternährungsprogramm der Vereinten Nationen. Dort stehen mehr als 1,6 Millionen Menschen kurz vor einer Hungersnot, darunter über 600.000 Kinder – mehr als die Hälfte der Kinder im Land. Rund fünf Millionen Menschen werden in den kommenden Monaten Schwierigkeiten haben, grundlegende Lebensmittel zu erhalten. Das sind über die Hälfte der Bevölkerung und etwa 1,3 Millionen mehr Menschen als vor fünf Jahren. Den Schätzungen zufolge werden allein in der Hauptstadt Port-au-Prince rund 20 Prozent der Familien von Nah...
Euronews (German)
Bandengewalt stürzt Haiti weiterhin ins Chaos. Hundertausende Menschen sind deshalb auf der Flucht. Laut einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten UN-Bericht hat die extreme Gewalt weitere 53.000 Menschen zur Flucht gezwungen. Sie sind in weniger als drei Wochen aus Haitis Hauptstadt Port-au-Prince geflüchtet. Ländliche Gebiete überlastetMehr als 60 Prozent von den Flüchtlingen sind auf dem Weg in die ländlichen Regionen im Süden des Landes. Dort leben bereits 116.000 aus der Hauptstadt geflüchtete Haitianer. Dass immer mehr Menschen im Süden des Landes ankommen, beunruhigt die UN-Beamten. Dem UN-Spr...
Euronews (German)
Heavy gunfire has erupted in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours. Scores of people were trapped by the gunfire in downtown Port-au-Prince on Monday, while dozens of others managed to flee. One man who declined to provide his name out of fear for his life told The Associated Press that he was stuck for five hours until police rescued him. “It’s the armoured car that covered us (so we could) leave the area,” he said. The latest gunbattle comes more than a month after gangs began attacking key government infrastructure. Ga...
Euronews (English)
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