Tag: Gang Violence

South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that he will deploy the army to work alongside the police in an intensified effort to confront rising levels of gang violence and ...

Haiti is making tentative strides toward political stability, despite persistent challenges from gang violence and deepening insecurity, according to Maria Isabel Salvador, Special Representative and Head of the United Nations ...

Haiti's ongoing violence has led to a grim milestone: more than 5,600 people were killed last year as a U.N.-backed mission, spearheaded by Kenya, struggles to control rampant gang violence, ...

The United Nations has initiated the evacuation of staff from Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, as clashes between armed gangs, police, and machete-wielding civilians escalate. The intensified violence has prompted international organizations ...

Over 20,000 people have fled their homes in Port-au-Prince in just four days, driven by a surge in gang violence that has engulfed the Haitian capital. According to the International ...

According to a report from the United Nations, gang violence in Haiti has spread beyond the capital and now affects other regions in the country.  Maria Isabel Salvador, the top ...

At least 3,661 people have been killed in Haiti since January due to escalating gang violence, according to a report released by the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Friday, ...

A recent UN report has highlighted Haiti’s worsening humanitarian crisis, attributing it to years of underfunding and escalating needs.  The report, released by the UN Office for the Coordination of ...

The head of a multinational force spearheaded by Kenya to combat gang violence in Haiti delivered a strong message asserting that "there’s no room for failure."  This United Nations-backed mission ...

Haiti has welcomed the first contingent of Kenyan police, nearly two years after the Caribbean nation sought international assistance to address the rise in gang violence. Around two hundred police ...