Rodolphe Jaar faces charges of conspiring to murder or kidnap President Jovenal Moise and providing support to the plot. A dual Haitian and Chilean citizen has pleaded guilty to three charges related to a plot to assassinate former Haitian President Jovenel Moise,...
Ex-mayor Jean Morose Viliena has also been fined $15.5m in a civil suit for alleged armed violence in Les Irois, Haiti. A former Haitian mayor has been arrested in the United States on three charges of visa fraud, a day after a court ordered him to pay $15.5m for his...
‘Specialized support force’ urged for Caribbean state where 530 have been killed in gang-led violence so far this year The United Nations has called for the deployment of an international “specialized support force” to impede Haiti’s accelerating tumble into extreme...
A specialized force must be deployed to urgently help Haitian authorities tackle a tsunami of gang violence, as rapes, sniper killings, and kidnappings become daily threats, the spokesperson for the UN rights chief said on Tuesday. “We are gravely concerned...
ORIGINS OF VOODOO IN NEW ORLEANS Synonymous with New Orleans, voodoo first came to Louisiana with enslaved West Africans, who merged their religious rituals and practices with those of the local Catholic population. New Orleans Voodoo is also known as...
Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry says he intends to activate all of the country’s security forces to fight increasingly powerful gangs PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Prime Minister Ariel Henry signaled Friday that he wants to mobilize Haiti’s military to help the National...
On the night of March 15 to 16, 2023, heavily armed individuals attacked, looted and ransacked the Wahoo Bay beach hotel (about thirty fully equipped rooms), located on the Côte des Arcadins (West Dept.), before returning to 2:00 in the morning leaving behind them a...
The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti has warned that the ongoing training and resources the international community is providing to Haiti’s police force is not enough to fight increasingly violent gangs SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.N.’s special envoy to Haiti warned...
Doctors Without Borders says patients and staff at Cite Soleil hospital at risk as violence rages between armed groups. International medical charity Doctors Without Borders has temporarily closed its hospital in a violence-plagued area of the Haitian capital, saying...
Away from the besieged center of Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, one gang leader has gained notoriety for attacks in the city's suburbs. Now he's being linked to the murder of former President Jovenel Moïse. A spokesperson for the Haitian National Police (Police...
