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US officials see closer ties with Trump ally Prince’s security firm in Haiti, military adviser says
U.S. security officials are planning for closer ties with a private military company in Haiti run by Erik Prince, a close ally of President Donald Trump, a top U.S. military adviser told Congress on Tuesday, as rights groups raise alarm over civilian deaths from drone strikes linked to the firm.
House Foreign Affairs Committee holds hearing on confronting Haiti’s Terrorist Gangs: The Gang Suppression Force and the Path Ahead (VIDEO / LIVE)
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COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRSU.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESWASHINGTON, DC 20515-6128Brian J. Mast (R-FL), Chairman
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The Honorable Michael KozakSenior Bureau OfficialBureau of Western...
UNSC Evaluates Haiti’s Election Path Amid Gang Violence (VIDEOS)
Awash in gang violence, scarred by past foreign interventions and long paralysed politically, Haiti now stands at a crossroads between a return to order and tipping into total chaos, the Security Council heard today, as a range of senior United Nations officials provided their latest updates.
Washington s’engage contre les gangs haïtiens qui profitent des réseaux sociaux
L’envoyé américain auprès des Nations unies a déclaré lundi que le gouvernement américain allait bientôt prendre des mesures pour empêcher les gangs violents en Haïti de tirer profit de leurs publications sur les réseaux sociaux.
Les chefs de gangs de ce pays des Caraïbes en proie à des troubles sont des utilisateurs assidus des réseaux sociaux: ils y ont célébré des meurtres, proféré des menaces et publié des réflexions. Les jeunes membres de ces gangs publient également des clips musicaux et exhibent l’argent qu’ils ont gagné, dans le but de recruter des enfants dans ce pays pauvre.
Parts of Haiti have been turned into kill zone for gangs, top U.S. diplomat tells U.N.
When the Trump administration's top envoy to the United Nations visited Haiti earlier this month, the trip went largely unnoticed until Ambassador Mike Waltz posted about it on social media.
In his posts, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. issued a warning to Haiti's deadly gangs, praised the new U.S.-created, United Nations-authorized Gang Suppression Force and stressed that "the entire international community" was united to help the Caribbean nation reclaim territory from armed gangs and restore stability.
