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At least three people have been killed when armed men in Haiti opened fire at medical staff, police and journalists during a briefing to...

Several airlines have suspended flights to Haiti after a passenger plane from the US was hit by gunfire as it tried to land in...

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has been fired by the country's ruling council less than six months after he took office.An executive order, signed...

Kenya has pledged to send 600 more police officers to Haiti in the coming weeks to help fight gangs controlling much of the capital,...

Kenya's President William Ruto says his peacekeeping police force is expected to arrive in Haiti to help quell growing gang violence in about three...

A US missionary couple were among three people killed in Haiti as widespread gang violence continues to plague the country.Natalie Lloyd, 21, her 23-year-old...

A US missionary couple were among three people killed in Haiti as widespread gang violence continues to plague the country.Natalie Lloyd, 21, her 23-year-old...

Haiti is a state out of action.More than two weeks after the country's prime minister resigned, following a surge of violence in Port-au-Prince,...

"Port-au-Prince is in panic mode," a friend in the Haitian capital texted me.Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken...

An ex-cop who likes to give news conferences while wielding a high-powered rifle and a young criminal as fond of starring in rap videos...

Haiti's government declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major prison.At least 12 people were killed and...

Armed gangs have stormed the main prison in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, releasing many inmates.The vast majority of about 4,000 men held there have now...

Flights at Port-au-Prince airport in Haiti’s capital have been disrupted for the second straight day by heavy gunfire nearby, as the Caribbean nation grapples...

A Haitian judge investigating the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021 has indicted 51 people in connection with the attack, including his widow, Martine Moïse,...

China earned their first victory at the 2023 Women's World Cup by beating Haiti in Group D, despite playing for more than an hour...

In an exciting cross-cultural musical collaboration, Ghana’s top and finest female musician, Wendy Asiamah Addo, well known as Wendy Shay has joined forces with...

Haiti has asked for foreign military support to curb its gang violence crisis which has paralysed the country.The Haitian government authorised Prime Minister Ariel...

A war between Haitian gangs which has left hundreds dead since it flared up three weeks ago has spread to the centre of the...

More than 200 people have been killed in gang violence in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince, in the space of 10 days, United Nations figures reveal.Almost...

The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to ban some weapon sales to Haiti, rocked by deadly gang violence.The resolution calls on UN member...

Haiti's main fuel terminal has resumed operations after a severe wave of gang violence forced it to close last week.The Varreux terminal is in...

Today marks five years since Haitian President Jovenel Moïse came into office in an election that, instead of shoring up democracy in an already volatile Haiti,...

The injured widow of Haiti's president has described the moment assassins "riddled" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle...

Haiti's murdered president, Jovenel Moïse, has been laid to rest today, July 23, 2021, more than two weeks after he was assassinated in a...

The wife of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise has spoken for the first time since gunmen stormed the couple’s home in Port-au-Prince, saying the attack that...

The injured widow of Haiti's president has described the moment assassins "riddled" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle...

A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse earlier this week, police say.After a gun battle in...

Two US citizens are among 28 people detained over the assassination of Haiti’s president, the chief of national police has said.Jovenel Moise, 53, was shot...

Haitian first lady Martine Moïse will be treated at a hospital in Miami following an attack on Wednesday morning in which her husband, Haitian...

Thousands of employees at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be placed on leave from Friday night, the agency says.A USAID statement...

The US State Department has frozen nearly all foreign assistance worldwide, effective immediately, days after President Donald Trump issued a sweeping executive order Monday...

Rebels of the M23 movement say they have taken control of the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east.Residents shared videos...

An Ohio woman has been sentenced to one year in jail after pleading guilty to a felony charge of animal cruelty for killing and...

Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record...

For the growing number of African asylum seekers and economic migrants in the US, the upcoming presidential election could reshape their entire future.“We deserve...

Kenya’s President has nominated Interior Minister, Kithure Kindiki as his new deputy, a day after the Senate voted to impeach Rigathi Gachagua.President William Ruto...

The U.S. Department of State will begin accepting online registrations for the Fiscal Year 2026 Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery on Wednesday, October 2, 2024,...

Donald Trump has said he will mass deport migrants in a small Ohio town that has been rocked by baseless claims that its Haitian...

Leaders in the US state of Ohio are trying to douse baseless rumours that Haitian immigrants in a town there have been eating residents'...

Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump met on Tuesday for their first and perhaps only debate, a square-off that could have a significant impact on...