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Sexual violence against children in Haiti rises by 1,000%, UN says
Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the United Nations' children's organisation has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent ...
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Children's bodies a 'battleground' in Haiti as sexual violence surges, UNICEF warns
GENEVA (Reuters) - Sexual violence against children in Haiti has surged in the last year and their bodies have been turned into "battlegrounds," UNICEF warned on Friday. Describing the increase ...
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Rubio says Trump won’t intervene in Haiti but will support current mission: ‘No easy answer’
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that the answer to Haiti’s gang-fueled security crisis will not come from U.S. military intervention, but could still come from a multinational support ...
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Gang violence in Haiti at record levels amid criticisms US has no 'clear strategy'
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
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Kenya sends more troops to Haiti to fight gang violence
Kenyan President William Ruto said the plan is eventually to send 2,500 police officers to Haiti under the UN-backed mission. In Haiti, an additional 217 Kenyan police officers have been deployed ...
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1 dead, several wounded in Haiti after armed gangs target consular corp armored vehicles
Armored vehicles used by Kenyan police rumble through the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The vehicles are part of the United States’ more than $600 million in contributions to the U.N.-backed ...
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Kenya sends 217 more cops to Haiti to help fight armed gangs
The new group is among 600 trained and U.S.-vetted cops from various units of Kenya’s National Police Service whom Ruto had promised in September to deploy to Haiti before the end of the year.
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Rebel violence not stopping Colombia President Gustavo Petro’s Haiti visit
Nevertheless Colombian President Gustavo Petro doesn’t seem to be letting any of it stop him from visiting Haiti. Petro is scheduled to arrive in Haiti on Wednesday, a country whose historic ...
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Haiti’s PM says arrival of Kenyans will help restore peace and security
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti’s Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the arrival of 218 Kenyan police and military personnel illustrates the determination of the government and the ...
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Record gang violence in Haiti leaves at least 5,600 dead as Biden admin faces scathing criticism for not having ‘clear strategy’
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
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Haitian gang shoots up crowded U.S. embassy van, wounding at least one employee
An additional 217 Kenyan police officers arrived in Haiti on Saturday, January 18, 2025 to join the Multinational Security Support mission. Kenya promised 1,000 cops to the mission, which has been ...