Haiti police seize high-powered ‘weapon of war,’ kill several gang members
Several alleged gang members were killed in Haiti on Friday during intensified security operations in the eastern plains of Port-au-Prince, where police successfully recovered a high-powered sniper rifle known as a “weapon of war” but were forced to destroy a helicopter used in their operations.
Haïti remporte une victoire cruciale contre le Costa Rica
La dernière ronde des éliminatoires de la Concacaf pour la Coupe du Monde de la FIFA 2026 s’est poursuivie avec une victoire de 1-0 sur Haïti contre le Costa Rica dans le Groupe C, jeudi, au Stadion Ergilio Hato de Willemstad, Curaçao.
Guns, gangs and drought: how crime and the climate crisis are reshaping Haiti
Cities in the grip of urban warfare are being pushed to collapse by an influx of people fleeing hunger in rural areas as crops fail
Haiti gangs have slowed attacks in the capital, but they have intensified elsewhere
Gang violence continues to be responsible for hundreds of deaths and injuries in Haiti, where attacks by criminal groups have slowed in recent months in the capital but have intensified against farming communities and other rural areas outside of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti is likely to stay mired in chaos
For the past four years, since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, Haiti has been slipping ever deeper into chaos and anarchy. In January 2023, the terms of the country’s last ten sitting senators expired, leaving it with no nationally elected officials. In theory, Haiti is now run by a Transitional Presidential Council (tpc), an unelected body of politicians appointed by consensus in a process overseen by the Caribbean Community, an intergovernmental organisation.
