All news on the topic: Haiti

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Israel and Haiti have some of the highest levels of impunity for the murders of journalists
The two countries topped the 2024 Impunity Index, which ranks countries based on the number of unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of population, while globally impunity surrounding attacks on journalists remains rampant with almost 80% of murders going unpunished.
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YouTuber kidnapped in Haiti and ’kept in cage’ for ransom after trying to meet Barbecue gang boss
Addison Pierre Maalouf, known online as YourFellowArab, was reportedly kidnapped in Haiti after trying to interview notorious gang leader Jimmy ’Barbecue’ Cherizier
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US veterans dodge gun-wielding kids & checkpoints to save civilians from Haiti’s gangs in daring SAS-style missions
Bryan Stern and his team at Project Dynamo specialise in ’hard cases in hard places’ and say they’ll never leave anyone behind
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Haiti's 'Barbecue' gang leader gives chilling five-word threat to politicians
Jimmy Cherizier, who's nicknamed 'Barbecue' for incinerating his victims, has issued a chilling warning to political leaders as Haiti is plunged into further violence
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Haiti on brink of anarchy as gangs reign supreme after government crumbles
Jimmy Chérizier, a gang leader in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, has vowed he will fight for control at all costs - as his cohorts destroy police stations and other state buildings
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Haiti's future as gangs reign terror and PM quits country spiralling into chaos
Amid escalating violence and political turmoil, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry's resignation, coupled with international aid, aims to stabilize the nation currently ruled by powerful gangs
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Haiti's violence 'worse than in Ukraine' as gangs ordered to 'shoot at random'
A humanitarian aid worker has described the terrifying 'pop-pop-pah' of constant gunfire in Haiti’s capital as Jimmy 'Barbecue' Chérizier and his gang thugs become increasingly more volatile
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Haiti's gang leader warns of 'chaos' if world doesn't give country 'a chance'
Haiti's most notorious gang leader, Jimmy Chérizier, has warned the international community that without their help, the Caribbean country will plunge into 'further chaos'
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Haiti Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigns as violence continues to grip nation
The 74-year-old neurosurgeon who trained and worked in southern France got involved in Haitian politics in the early 2000s, when he became leader of a movement that opposed then-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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US military flown in to evacuate embassy staff as gangs take over Haiti
The U.S. military said Sunday that it had flown in forces to beef up security at the U.S. Embassy in Haiti and allow nonessential personnel to leave.
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Inside Haiti's week of 'violent terror' as gangs revolt against prime minister
Haiti has declared a state of emergency as spate of violence continues amid gang violence in Port-au-Prince following political uncertainty
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Haiti's top gang boss warns of 'genocide' in his fight to topple government
Jimmy Cherizier, known as "Barbecue," claims the violence engulfing Port-au-Prince will lead to "civil war" if Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who was supposed to resign last month, continues in his role
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Haiti's top gang boss 'ready to make deal with devil' to topple country's leader
Haitian gang leader Jimmy Chérizier, also known as 'Barbecue', has threatened to start a civil war and genocide unless the country's prime minister, Ariel Henry, resigns
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Haiti Prime Minister flees country after mob boss Barbecue frees 4,000 prisoners
Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has been forced to flee the country after mob boss Jimmy Cherizier, also known as Barbecue, freed 4,000 prisoners in an attempt to overthrow the government
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Haiti's brutal ex-cop gang leader dubbed 'Barbecue' who is at centre of violence
Jimmy Chérizier, Haiti's most powerful gang boss, has claimed responsibility for the release of nearly 4,00 prisoners as he looks to overthrow Prime Minister Ariel Henry
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Inside Haiti prison escape as 'massacre' unfolds and inmates beg 'help us'
Plastic sandals, clothing, and furniture were all found strewn across the patio after Gang leader Jimmy Chérizier pledged to oust the country's acting prime minister Ariel Henry
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Teacher and 6 members of religious congregation kidnapped from outside school
The six worshippers and teacher, members of the Congregation of Brothers of Sacred Heart, were kidnapped from outside a school in the Haitian capital of Port Au Prince
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'Cunning' orphanage founder 'sexually abused boys for years'
Michael Geilenfeld, 71, from Iowa, was labelled as a 'dangerous, manipulative and cunning child sexual predator' for his alleged actions after setting up an orphanage in Haiti
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Nurse tells kidnappers who held her for 13 days she 'hopes to hug' them
A nurse who was kidnapped for two weeks with her daughter has been released, and has now told her captors she would willingly treat them if they needed - and even that she wants to hug them in heaven
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Nurse and child kidnapped in Haiti have been freed after $1m ransom ordeal
Alix Dorsainvil and her young child, who were kidnapped in Haiti have been safely released, according to El Roi Haiti, the organisation she worked for as a nurse and community worker
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Witness describes terrifying moment armed men kidnapped nurse and young daughter
A woman who witnessed the kidnapping of an American nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her daughter has described the moment armed men burst into the clinic on the school campus where they worked
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Haunting last FB post from nurse kidnapped with daughter while working abroad
US nurse Alix Dorsainvil and her child daughter has been kidnapped in Haiti while working as a nurse in the troubled country - her final Facebook post is a haunting image including a depiction of Jesus at her shoulder