About 282 million people faced acute hunger last year: UN-led report

[ad_1] Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development groups. Extreme weather events and economic shocks...

‘Unconscionable’: US sends dozens to Haiti on deportation flight

[ad_1] Deportations ‘could be a death sentence’, advocates say, as gang violence and instability grip the Caribbean country.The United States has sent dozens of Haitian citizens back to their country on a deportation flight, despite a surge in deadly gang...

Haiti establishes council to choose new leaders as gang violence rages

[ad_1] Questions remain over long-awaited transitional body tasked with picking next prime minister and cabinet.Haiti has formally established a transitional council to fill a leadership vacuum by choosing a new prime minister, and to restore order in the Caribbean country...

Rights advocates demand end to Haiti deportations as unrest continues

[ad_1] Rights advocates are calling on countries across the Americas — notably the United States and the Dominican Republic — to stop deporting migrants and asylum seekers to Haiti amid a surge in gang violence and political instability there. Speaking...

Violence flares again in Haiti as PM questions promised political solution

[ad_1] Panic descends in Haiti’s capital as police and gangs exchange fire overnight, while political leaders continue to debate the formation of a transition council.Violence has flared again in Haiti, with gangs engaging in running gun battles with police, as...

Canada launches programme to get citizens out of violence-hit Haiti

[ad_1] Canada has organised helicopter flights for ‘vulnerable’ citizens to leave Haiti for the neighbouring Dominican Republic.Canada has launched a programme to get its citizens out of Haiti, as the Caribbean nation grapples with a surge in gang violence, political...

How can Haiti break its cycle of violence and instability?

[ad_1] Is Haiti on the verge of collapse? We look at the current violent upheaval in the country and discuss what’s ahead.Haiti is facing a major and violent upheaval after armed gangs took control of 80 percent of the country’s...

At least 12 bodies found after gang attacks in upscale Haiti suburb

[ad_1] Bodies found outside capital, Port-au-Prince, as attacks by gang members have ravaged the country for weeks.At least 12 bodies have been removed by ambulance from the affluent neighbourhood of Petion-Ville on the outskirts of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, as...

Could Haiti be on the brink of collapse?

[ad_1] Gangs control the capital, aid is blocked, and a political transition has stalled.People in Haiti are bracing for more violence, weeks after powerful gangs launched an offensive to topple the government. Food is running out, essential goods are in...

‘Overthrow the system’: Haiti gang leader Cherizier seeks revolution

[ad_1] A powerful Haitian gang leader has rejected attempts by foreign nations for an electoral road map and a path to peace as the country plunges deeper into violent chaos and armed groups control most of the capital following the...
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