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The number of people killed in Haiti after a tanker truck exploded rises to 26
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of people killed after a tanker truck carrying gasoline exploded in southern Haiti over the weekend has risen to 26, officials said. At least 40 others were injured, and six of them have been transferred to the capital, Port-au-Prince,...
Fresh wave of violence erupts in Haiti's capital over a soccer match
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A fresh wave of violence between rival gangs in one of the Haitian capital's poorest neighborhoods was sparked by gunfire that broke out over a referee's call during a soccer match, a pastor and newspaper said Friday. The awarding of a penalty kick in...
Haitian and Kenyan police try to oust gangs from a rough part of Haiti's capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian forces working with police sent from Kenya have launched a joint operation to oust criminal gangs from one of the roughest neighborhoods of Haiti's capital, Prime Minister Garry Conille said Wednesday. Conille spoke at a hospital in...
Security officers cover Haiti's prime minister with gunfire as he leaves hospital, government says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Security officers had to fire shots Monday to cover Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille's exit from a hospital in Port-au-Prince on Monday, the prime minister's office said. Conille was visiting Haiti’s largest hospital with the head of the national...
Haiti's prime minister orders gangs to drop weapons and promises to take back control of the capital
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille ordered gangs to surrender their weapons during a televised speech late Wednesday in which he acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become and pledged to crack down on the rampant violence. ...
More Kenyan police arrive in Haiti with UN-backed mission to fight violent gangs
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Another 200 police officers from Kenya arrived Tuesday in Haiti for a U.N.-backed mission led by the East African country to battle violent gangs that have taken over parts of the troubled Caribbean country. The officers arrived nearly a month after the...
AP PHOTOS: In documenting violence in Haiti, you find bodies, but also ways people keep on living
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Violence permeates every fiber of Haitian society. It used to linger on the outskirts of the capital, targeting the poorest, but now everyone — from street vendors to doctors to schoolchildren — are in its grip. Yet, people find ways to keep living....
Haitian prime minister tours Port au Prince hospital after police take back from gang control
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the country's largest hospital on Tuesday, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed gangs. Haitian Police...
Haiti's gang violence has displaced 300,000 children, the UN says
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than 300,000 children since March, the U.N. children's agency said Tuesday as the Caribbean country struggles to curb killings and kidnappings. Children are more than half of the nearly 580,000 people who have...
