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Haiti’s political sectors ask gov’t to reject talks with gang leaders

Published on: June 26, 2024
14:35

Port-au-Prince, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Political and civil society sectors ask the Government of Haiti's interim Prime Minister Gary Conille to reject any proposal to negotiate with gang leaders, local press informed on Wednesday.

Haiti: Police chief vows to exterminate gangs in the country

Published on: June 22, 2024
09:16

Port-au-Prince, Jun 22 (Prensa Latina) The interim Director-General of the Haitian National Police (PNH), Rameau Normil, vowed to neutralize and dismantle all gangs that impose terror in the Caribbean country.

Number of people internally displaced by violence increases in Haiti

Published on: June 20, 2024
11:55

Port-au-Prince, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported that nearly 580,000 people are internally displaced in Haiti due to insecurity, accounting for a 60-percent increase since March.

Haitian Prime Minister to strengthen police capacity

Published on: June 14, 2024
14:02

Port-au-Prince Jun 14 (Prensa Latina) Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille said he is committed to strengthening the capacity of the national police, which is at a disadvantage with the gangs that control 80% of the capital.

Children targeted by gangs in Haiti, says UNICEF

Published on: May 31, 2024
16:52

Port-au-Prince, May 31 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Friday strongly condemned that children in Haiti are targets of panic sown by gangs.

Armed attack in Nigeria leaves seven persons dead and 150 kidnapped

Published on: May 27, 2024
11:04

Abuja, May 27 (Prensa Latina) Some seven deaths, and more than 150 persons kidnapped, is the provisional balance of an attack by armed men against the town of Kuchi, in western Nigeria, as it is known here today.

Haiti: Gangs maintain insecurity and reject foreign forces

Published on: May 13, 2024
14:41

Port-au-Prince, May 13 (Prensa Latina) Faced with the imminent arrival of a foreign force in Haiti, a gang member said, ‘we are waiting for the whites,’ a defiant phrase that dashes on Monday the illusion of the safe resumption of commercial flights here.

CARICOM is confident about political advances to solve Haitian crisis

Published on: April 26, 2024
13:00

Georgetown, Apr 26 (Prensa Latina) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is confident that the installation of the Presidential Transitional Council in Haiti will result in consensus and lead to a solution to the chaos, aggravated by the actions of gangs.

Haitian armed groups keeps on recruiting minors

Published on: April 25, 2024
18:47

Port-au-Prince, Apr 25 (Prensa Latina) The National Commission for Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration of Haiti reported on Thursday that armed groups continue levying minors in the country´s capital to swell their ranks.

Gangs continue to destroying social works in Port-au-Prince

Published on: April 23, 2024
14:35

Port-au-Prince, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) The coalition of gangs that today control 80 percent of the capital, attacked, vandalized and sacked about a dozen targets without fearing the offensive from the Haitian National Police.

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