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Haitian immigrants sue Indiana over law that limits driver's license access to certain Ukrainians

A federal judge has heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by a group of Indiana residents from Haiti who say a recently passed state law unconstitutionally discriminates against immigrants of certain nationalities

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Kenyan court blocks police mission to Haiti despite parliament's approval

The Kenyan parliament on Thursday approved the deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti to help deal with rising gang violence in the Caribbean nation – but later on the same day, the High Court upheld its stay on the process.

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Gang attack on Haitian hospital leads to a call for help and an unlikely triumph for police

One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many

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Kenya approves police deployment mission in Haiti despite court order

In tonight's edition: Kenyan lawmakers try to sidestep court orders delaying plans for a police deployment to Haiti. More than 100 people, including 16 children, have died and over 700,000 forced out of their homes because of flash flooding in the Horn of Africa. Africa Tech Festival, the continent’s biggest…

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Kenya's high court extends a block on sending police to Haiti even as parliament approves deployment

Kenya’s high court has extended orders blocking the deployment of police officers to Haiti

The Independent UK

Haitian gang leader added to FBI's Ten Most Wanted list for kidnapping and killing Americans

The FBI has added a Haitian gang leader to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list for the kidnapping and slaying of American missionaries in that country, but conceded capturing him will be a difficult task in the often lawless nation

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Hospital director in Haiti says a gang stormed in and took hundreds of women and children hostage

A hospital director in Haiti says a heavily armed gang burst into the facility and took hostage hundreds of women, children and newborns

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Math teacher who became powerful Haitian gang leader has been killed, former mayor says

A former mayor says that a powerful and feared gang leader in Haiti who was once a math and physics teacher was killed in a neighborhood within a sprawling seaside slum that he controlled for years

The Independent UK

Tensions between Dominican Republic and Haiti flare after a brief armed standoff at the border

The Dominican Republic is accusing Haiti of multiple border violations in the latest dispute involving their shared frontier on the island of Hispaniola

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Kenya says it won't deploy police to fight gangs in Haiti until they receive training and funding

Kenya says it won't deploy its police officers to Haiti until all conditions on training and funding are met in line with last month’s approval from the U

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Caravan of 3,000 migrants blocks highway in southern Mexico

About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic on one of Mexico’s main southern highways to demand transit or exit visas to reach the U.S. border

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UN human rights official is alarmed by sprawling gang violence in Haiti

The United Nations expert on human rights in Haiti says he is alarmed by the rapid spread of gang violence and the bleak future awaiting children in the embattled country

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Some 5,000 migrants set out on foot from Mexico's southern border, tired of long waits for visas

About 5,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have set out on foot to reach the U.S., walking north from Mexico's southern border

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Haiti bans charter flights to Nicaragua in blow to migrants fleeing poverty and violence

Haiti’s government has banned all charter flights to Nicaragua that migrants fleeing poverty and violence had been increasingly using in their quest to reach the United States

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Darien Gap: As migrants take deadly risks for better lives, Canada and the U.S. must do much more

Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller recently announced that as many as 15,000 displaced people with extended family connections in Canada — most of them from Colombia, Haiti and Venezuela and located in Central or South America or the Caribbean — are now eligible to apply to immigrate to Canada on…

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Retired Colombian army officer gets life sentence in 2021 assassination of Haiti's president

A federal judge in Miami has sentenced a retired Colombian army officer to life in prison for his role in plotting to kill Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

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Nicaragua is weaponizing US-bound migrants as Haitians pour in on charter flights, observers say

Flight data shows that more than 260 charter flights believed to be carrying migrants from Haiti have touched down in Nicaragua in recent months

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UN warns of increasing gang violence in Haiti amid calls for Kenya-led peace mission

Kenyan court on Tuesday extended an order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti on a UN-backed mission aiming to pacify the troubled Caribbean nation.

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Growing gang violence is devastating Haitians, with major crime at a new high, UN envoy says

The U.N. special envoy for Haiti says growing gang violence is devastating the lives of its people, with major crimes rising to a new high

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A main suspect in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has been arrested after 2 years

Haiti's national police say a former justice official considered one of the main suspects in the killing of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 has been arrested

The Independent UK

Garcelle Beauvais teams with Kellogg Foundation for a $90M plan to expand 'Pockets of Hope' in Haiti

Humanitarian donations to conflict-ravaged Haiti have dramatically declined since the assassination of its President Jovenel Moïse in 2021

The Guardian - UK

‘There’s an urge to kill that I can’t explain’: director Gessica Généus on the dangers of film-making in Haiti

The Haitian actor and film-maker kept her cameras rolling through the deadly upheavals of 2019. Now she’s starting on a new film, and little has improved – but that’s why she is determined to carry on

France 24

Investigation: How a Haitian congregation tried to take down a gang

On August 26, an evangelical pastor and his followers attempted to attack a gang in the north of Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, armed with sticks and machetes. The gang retaliated with firearms, killing at least 21 people. What exactly happened that day? Why did ordinary churchgoers go to confront an…

Radio France Internationale

Frontline coverage from Ukraine to Haiti takes Bayeux awards for war reporters

France's prestigious Prix Bayeux war correspondents' awards have gone to journalists covering some of the world's most gruelling conflicts in the Middle East, Ukraine, Haiti and Myanmar.

The Independent UK

Kenya Cabinet approved sending police to lead peace mission in Haiti but parliament must sign off

Kenya’s Cabinet has approved the deployment of 1,000 police to lead a multinational peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence

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