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United Nations imposes sanctions on more gangs in Haiti amid growing violence
Haiti's most powerful gang coalition and another criminal armed group operating in the country's breadbasket have been added ...
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Haiti’s La Chapelle falls under gang control as police station torched and town sealed off
La Chapelle, a commune in Haiti’s Artibonite Department, is the latest town falling under the control of violent armed gangs. The “Talibans” gang from Canaan, a neighborhood in the metropolitan area ...
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Haiti gang attack: Gangs attack another town in Haiti’s central region, killing an 11-year-old child and three others - CNN
A spokesperson for Haiti’s National Police did not immediately return a request for comment. Petite Rivière is the latest community in the once peaceful Artibonite region that gangs have targeted.
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U.S. State Department designates 2 gangs in Haiti as terrorist groups - MSN
Gran Grif is the largest gang in Haiti's Artibonite department. Since 2022, Gran Grif has been responsible for 80% of civilian death reports in Artibonite, the State Department said in a fact sheet.
The Haitian Times11d
Tanker truck explosion leaves 8 dead in Haiti’s Gonaïves
Eight people, including three children, died in a Gonaïves tanker explosion on June 25. The crash, which resulted from a ...
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Displaced families in Haiti grapple with death ‘from the inside and out’
In the past few months, armed gangs in Haiti have been expanding their reach beyond Port-au-Prince towards the Centre and Artibonite Departments, displacing around 64,000 from those areas ...
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U.S. designates Haitian gangs as foreign terror organization - Los Angeles Times
Gran Grif, the biggest gang to operate in Haiti’s central Artibonite region, also was added to the list, as reported by the Associated Press on Tuesday.
Human Rights Watch15d
Haiti: Displacement Hits Record as Security Efforts Fall Short
One year since deployment of the first personnel of the United Nations-authorized Multinational Security Support (MSS) ...
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Haiti gang attack: Gangs attack another town in Haiti’s central region, killing an 11-year-old child and three others | CNN - CNN International
A spokesperson for Haiti’s National Police did not immediately return a request for comment. Petite Rivière is the latest community in the once peaceful Artibonite region that gangs have targeted.