Le Conseil de sécurité a voté, cet après-midi, en faveur d’un projet de résolution autorisant les États Membres de l’ONU à transformer la Mission multinationale d’appui à la sécurité (MMAS) en Haïti en Force de répression des gangs (FRG) pour une période initiale de 12 mois.
The U.N. Security Council voted Tuesday to authorize a much larger, 5,550-member international force with expanded powers to help stop escalating gang violence in Haiti.
Les Etats-Unis et Haïti ont appelé lundi à soutenir la transformation de la mission multinationale épaulant la police haïtienne en une "force de répression des gangs" plus robuste, avant un prochain vote incertain au Conseil de sécurité de l'ONU.
The United States sought to build support at the United Nations on Monday for the expansion of an international force to tackle Haiti's armed gangs, building on a Kenyan-led mission that Kenyan President William Ruto said has struggled with staffing and logistics.
A Haitian gang attacked a small town northwest of Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, killing, kidnapping and burning down buildings as gang violence devours the Caribbean nation.
Réunies à CODEVI, ce vendredi 17 avril 2026, les autorités diplomatiques haïtiennes et dominicaines ont relancé le dialogue bilatéral et convenu de la réouverture de l’espace aérien entre les deux pays dès le 1er mai.
During this meeting, both parties agreed to open the airspace between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti, allowing air connections between Dominican airports and the Cap-Haïtien International Airport, starting in May 2026. This measure aims to facilitate mobility, boost economic ties, and strengthen relations between the two countries.
With new data showing more than half of all Haitians continue to face acute food insecurity, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently calling for support to protect recent fragile gains in the fight against hunger and to foster stability in the struggling Caribbean nation.
An updated analysis from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reveals 5.8 million Haitians —roughly 52 percent of the population— are facing crisis levels or worse of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above). Of those, more than 1.8 million are enduring emergency food insecurity levels (IPC Phase 4) for the period of March to June 2026, meaning they are exhausting their last assets and unable to meet even basic food needs.