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Haiti Gang Violence Claims 5,000 Lives in Less Than a Year, UN Report
Between October 2024 and June 2025, 4,864 people have been killed in Haiti amid worsening gang violence nationwide.
Haiti's gangs have 'near-total control' of the capital as violence escalates, UN says
Senior U.N. officials warn that Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital and authorities are unable to ...
Violent criminal gangs have 'near-total control' of nation's capital, UN says
Haiti's criminal gangs have exerted "near-total control" over the capital, as escalating violence pushes the Caribbean nation ...
UN: Haiti’s gangs now control nearly all of Port-au-Prince as violence spreads
Gangs control most of Port-au-Prince and are spreading violence across Haiti, UN officials said, warning of state collapse ...
A Hotel Made Famous by Graham Greene Is a Victim of Haiti’s Violence
Haiti’s famed Oloffson Hotel, a cultural landmark and celebrity haven, was incinerated amid rising violence by gangs that ...
Haiti's historic Grand Hôtel Oloffson reduced to ashes by gang violence
Haiti 's once-illustrious Grand Hôtel Oloffson, a beloved Gothic gingerbread home that inspired books, hosted parties until ...
Haiti gangs’ expansion, human-rights violations, threaten whole Caribbean, UN warns
If the government doesn’t put its head together to push back the gangs, they will head toward Belladère and then we will be at war because the Dominicans will never accept this.” ...
UN warns spreading gang violence poses major risk to Haiti and wider Caribbean
A new human rights report Friday warned that escalating gang violence outside the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, has ...