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UN Expert Warns Haiti Gang Violence Is Spreading

Haiti’s insecurity is worsening as gangs seize more territory, UN rights expert says

A U.N. human rights expert says that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals remains underfunded and understaffed.

Newsweek · 2d

UN Expert Warns Haiti Gang Violence Is Spreading: 'Race Against Time'

William O'Neill, the UN Haitian human rights expert, warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading in the Caribbean country.

Deutsche Welle on MSN · 2d

Haiti: UN expert sounds the alarm over growing gang violence

A UN expert says Haiti is in a "race against time," as gangs' control over the capital and the massive displacement of the population deepens the country's crisis.The Haitian people are suffering greatly due to the growing control of criminal gangs,

Reuters on MSN · 2d

UN rights expert urges urgent action as Haiti crisis worsens

The United Nations' expert on human rights in Haiti said on Friday that the situation in the conflict-hit Caribbean nation had worsened and efforts to rebuild security must be amplified as a security mission deadline fast approaches.

Yahoo · 2d

Haiti, its suffering growing, in 'race against time': UN expert

The Haitian people are suffering gravely at the hands of powerful criminal gangs, while an international security force and local police are badly lacking resources to protect them, a top UN expert said Friday.

Kenyan president visits Haiti

Miami Herald · 1d

Kenyan president stops in Haiti en route to UN. A key Haitian leader is not going

After arriving onboard a Kenya Airways flight at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Ruto descended the stairway and was greeted by members of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council and the force commander of the Multinational Security Support mission, Godfrey Otunge.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Kenya's Ruto Open to Converting Haiti Mission to U.N. Peacekeeping Operation

Kenyan President William Ruto, on a visit to Haiti, said on Saturday that he was open to Kenya's anti-gang mission in the country being converted to a full U.N. peacekeeping operation. Ruto visited Haiti to assess the progress of the Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission,

The Washington Post · 1d

Kenyan president visits Haiti as it grapples with future of international efforts to fight gangs

Kenya’s President William Ruto arrived in Haiti on Saturday, claiming that because of a Kenyan police force battling gangs “the country’s security has significantly improved.” Ruto’s claim was contradicted by a United Nations security expert,

As UN meets, Haitians express hopelessness at finding an international solution to gang crisis

As world leaders discuss the future of efforts to wrangle the gangs strangling Haiti, Haitians are expressing hopelessness ...

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World Leaders Should Stand up for Haiti

World leaders gathering in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly have an opportunity to give Haiti the ...

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Where’s the money for Haiti? UN secretary presses for support as a key summit nears

Haiti is “one of the most disastrous humanitarian situations in the whole world,” the U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres ...

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Kenya-led mission to Haiti faces scrutiny as UN mandate deadline looms

Almost one year after the United Nations approved the deployment of a multinational security mission to Haiti, the future of ...

Forbes6d

Pathways To Education Provide Hope To Haiti’s Children

Sherif visited Haiti in late July, along with representatives from the Government of Haiti, UN Haiti, UNICEF, WFP, OCCED'H and other strategic partners, to meet with girls and boys, assess the ...

Miami Herald4d

Where’s the money for Haiti? UN secretary presses for support as a key summit nears

However, when it comes to just a small operation in Haiti, where all it takes is just a few hundred millions of dollars in order to guarantee the presence of this mission, there’s no money for ...

Families from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti

Esai Reed, at only 6 years old, has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti as gangs pillage and ...

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