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Amid the unrest in Haiti since 2018, armed gangs stormed Haiti 's two largest prisons in March 2024, resulting in more than 4,700 inmates escaping. The gangs demanded that prime minister Ariel Henry resign, attacking and closing Toussaint Louverture International Airport and preventing Henry from entering the country.
When Venezuela stopped shipping oil to Haiti in March 2018, this led to fuel shortages. With the removal of government subsidies in July, kerosene prices went up over 50 percent, with similarly steep hikes on other fossil fuels. [31] These rises in taxes on gasoline, diesel, and kerosene that went into effect on 7 July 2018 brought Haitians ...
Jimmy Chérizier, nicknamed Barbecue (Haitian Creole: Babekyou, born 30 March 1977), is a Haitian gang leader, former police officer, and warlord who is the head of the Revolutionary Forces of the G9 Family and Allies (Haitian Creole: Fòs Revolisyonè G9 an Fanmi e Alye), abbreviated as "G9" or "FRG9", a federation of over a dozen Haitian gangs based in Port-au-Prince.
Normally, this street in Petionville, Haiti, would be clogged with traffic. But rampant kidnappings and mounting gang violence have made Haitians reluctant to take to the streets.
The poll was commissioned by the Haiti Health Network, a group of medical organizations in the country, and its release comes as the World Food Program on Monday reported that increasing violence ...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed the ...
The Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission in Haiti is an international police force approved by the United Nations Security Council on 2 October 2023 to assist the government of Haiti in restoring law and order amid worsening civil strife and gang violence since 2018.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, was hospitalized late Saturday in the capital of Port-au-Prince just days after arriving in the country, the ...