Over 5,600 killed last year in Haiti gang violence: UN
“These figures alone cannot capture the absolute horrors being perpetrated in Haiti but they show the unremitting violence to which people are being subjected,”
Tag: Haiti gangs
US Pushes UN to Upgrade Haiti Force to Peacekeepers
The current force is under-staffed and under-equipped as it takes on Haiti’s powerful, well-armed gangs, and shifting to a formal UN mission would provide more money, personnel and logistical support, said Dorothy Shea, the deputy US ambassador to the United Nations.
Haiti Police, Civilians Kill 28 Gang Members
Police opened fire in both encounters, killing 10, and then chased down those who fled with the help of self-defense groups, formed by residents opposed to the gangs and their violent rule over swaths of the country.
Death toll rises to 109 after Haiti gang attack, official says
The massacre saw scores of houses and vehicles torched after gang members opened fire early last Tuesday in the town of Pont Sonde, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) from the capital Port-au-Prince.
UN: Takriban watu 471 wamekufa, kujeruhiwa au kutoweka katika ghasia za magenge Haiti
Magenge ambayo yamekuwa yakiendeleza mauaji bila kuadhibiwa kwa kiasi kikubwa yameweza kufikia vitongoji duni vya mji mkuu wa Haiti, wakitekeleza wimbi la utekaji nyara.
