As gangs prepare to attack Haiti’s capital, U.S. freezes critical aid for security mission
As hundreds of armed gang members, entrenched in the hills above Haiti’s capital, await orders to attack the last enclaves not currently under their control, the multinational fight to end their terror is being impeded by the Trump administration’s freeze on foreign aid.
US has frozen funding for the UN-backed mission to quell gangs in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The United States has notified the United Nations that it is freezing funding to a UN-backed mission in Haiti tasked with fighting gangs trying to seize full control of the country’s capital, the United Nations said Tuesday.
US Freezes Funding for Security Mission Tackling Haiti's Gangs
More than $13 million in U.S. funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
US freezes funding for Kenya-led security mission in Haiti
More than $13 million (Sh1.71 billion) in US funding for an international security force helping fight armed gangs in Haiti has been frozen under President Donald Trump's 90-day pause on foreign aid,
Blow For Kenya as US Freezes Funding for Haiti Mission
Kenya has suffered a major blow following the United States’ decision to cut funding for the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission in Haiti. The UN secretary-general’s spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric,
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Haiti: Arrival of the first deportees under the Trump administration
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Trump’s narrow view of TPS could imperil nearly 1 million immigrants
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Why airlines see Haiti in the same ‘war-risk’ level as areas where pilots dodge missiles
A view of Toussaint Louverture International Airport, foreground, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Commercial flights in and out of the airport were suspended in early March 2024 when armed groups ...
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Haiti and American Neocolonialism
Haiti is best understood in the contexts of the modern world as an American neocolonial protectorate. Besides US policy in Cuba, which includes a genocidal blockade depriving the Cuban people of ...
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Record gang violence in Haiti leaves at least 5,600 dead as Biden admin faces scathing criticism for not having ‘clear strategy’
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
Haiti leader says elections can be held this year even as gangs continue their rampage
Leslie Voltaire acknowledged that the election plan amid Haiti’s ongoing gang violence and worsening humanitarian situation ...
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Haiti has 1 million displaced, mostly from gang violence
The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation.
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Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no 'clear strategy'
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
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Better Spending, Better Care: A look at Haiti’s Health Financing
Despite improvements in life expectancy and reductions in infant and maternal mortality, Haiti still faces many health challenges. Providing better health coverage for the poorest will require an ...