UNICEF warns of ‘profound’ humanitarian crisis in Haiti
Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, warned on Wednesday.
Haiti Government Still Hopeful After Ruling Against Kenya Support Mission
The ruling on Friday has thrown into doubt the future of a U.N.-backed multinational force long sought by Haiti's government, which has pleaded for international help to confront its spiralling security crisis.
US reiterates support for multinational security support mission to Haiti
The United States has reiterated its support for a multinational security support (MSS) mission to restore peace and security in Haiti, even as the Kenya High Court last Friday ruled against sending troops to the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
Kenya to challenge high court block on deployment to Haiti
The Government of Kenya says it intends to exhaust all legal remedies at its disposal to challenge the verdict of the High Court of Justice prohibiting the deployment in Haiti of 1,000 security agents.
Kenya’s high court rules that deploying nation’s police officers to Haiti...
Kenya’s high court on Friday blocked the U.N.-backed deployment of Kenyan police officers to Haiti to help the Caribbean country bring gang violence under control.
Kidnapped nuns, two others released in Haiti
The Archbishop of Haiti, Max Leroy Mésidor, says the nuns who were kidnapped last week along with two other people have been released.
US Coast Guard rescues 33 migrants from sinking vessel off Haiti
The US Coast Guard said that Coast Guard District Seven watchstanders received notification from the Dependable’s crew “after they encountered a sailing vessel taking on water”.
Haiti homicides double, ‘difficult to overstate’ crisis: UN chief
Homicides in Haiti more than doubled last year as the Caribbean nation faced a worsening “multidimensional crisis,” with gangs using kidnappings and sexual violence to steadily gain territory, a UN report said Tuesday.
Haiti: Schools operated by kidnapped nuns closed indefinitely
The authorities said Monday no information or a ransom demand has been made public regarding the release of the eight people, including the six nuns, who were kidnapped here last Friday.
Search continues in Haiti for kidnapped nuns
Monsignor Dumas, has condemned the abduction “with vigour and firmness this final odious and barbaric act which does not even respect the dignity of these consecrated women who give themselves wholeheartedly to God to educate and train the young, the most poor and vulnerable in our society”.