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UN Expert Warns Haiti Gang Violence Is Spreading

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.

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

A U.N. human rights expert warned on Friday that gang violence is spreading across Haiti as a U.N.-backed mission targeting criminals in the troubled Caribbean country remains underfunded and understaffed.

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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,

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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,

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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.

Kenya to send 600 more police officers to Haiti

Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and nearby areas. This would bring the Kenyan contingent, deployed incrementally since June to help the Caribbean nation’s beleaguered police force, up to 1,000.

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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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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 ...

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Ruto faults developed nations for snubbing global climate crisis

He said multilateral systems have proved inadequate in addressing crises such as climate change, inequality and debt, and ...

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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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They moved back a decade ago. Now they’re struggling amid Haiti’s economic collapse

Ten years ago, Boursiquot and his wife Marguerite Baril-Boursiquot, both Haitian, did what many in the country’s burgeoning ...

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Trudeau meets with Haiti's acting prime minister, calls for humanitarian help

Justin Trudeau will turn his focus to the ongoing crises in Haiti as he speaks with some world leaders Monday ahead of the ...

Haiti - FLASH : E. Leblanc Fils, President of the Transitional Council will finally go to New York

Let's recall that Edgard Leblanc Fils, President of the Transitional Council, who was due to leave the country on Saturday, ...

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