Over 470 people have been killed, injured or are missing in recent violence, according to the U.N., as gangs expand their control and threaten the presidential palace. By Maria Abi-Habib…
By Harold Isaac and Brian Ellsworth, Reuters — A string of recent arms-trafficking scandals in Haiti, including the discovery of weapons in a shipping container labeled as church donations, has…
A war between Haitian gangs which has left hundreds dead since it flared up three weeks ago has spread to the centre of the capital, Port-au-Prince. By Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC…
By Evens Sanon , AP — PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Hundreds of children and adults sheltered at a high school in Haiti’s capital Saturday after fleeing shooting in a neighborhood where fighting…
Assistance from the World Food Programme brings a degree of security to people such as Adeline – but we need funds to continue our work. By Theresa Piorr, WFP —…
MSF says corpses line only road into isolated area of Cite-Soleil, Haiti, which rival gangs have turned into a ‘battlefield’. By Al Jazeera — Thousands of people are trapped without…
By Robert Roth, Haiti Action Committee — On May 20th, The New York Times published a meticulously documented series entitled, “The Ransom,” detailing the devastating impact of the so-called “Independence Tax”…
History is full of examples of nations paying out to compensate for slavery. But the money never went to those who suffered under the system, only those who profited. By…
After enduring decades of exploitation at the hands of the French, Haiti somehow ended up paying reparations – to the tune of nearly $30 billion in today’s money. By Marlene…
Gangs in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince are rounding up homeless and at-risk teens, who are increasingly being used as foot soldiers in gang wars that have forced schools to…
By Etant Dupain and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN — Surging gang violence in Haiti’s capital has left nearly 200 people dead and thousands displaced in the last month alone, according to…
With new focus on Haiti’s payments to France to compensate enslavers, here’s a look at how this happened in the United States, too. By Gillian Brockell, The Washington Post —…