After prime minister pledges to step down, uneasy quiet in Haiti capital
Haitians exhausted by months of escalating gang violence, but questions over security still not settled.
Wed Mar 13 2024
Haitian PM tenders resignation after Jamaica talks
Haiti's unelected prime minister, Ariel Henry, will step down once a transition council and temporary replacement have been appointed.
Tue Mar 12 2024
Haitian gangs run schools, clinics as government absent - UN report
Gangs have consolidated, coalescing in the capital around the G9 and G-Pep alliances, while fighting escalates in key northern farmlands.
Fri Oct 20 2023
Haitian residents lynch and set fire to suspected gang members
Police said at least 10 suspected gang members had been lynched and their bodies burned by residents of Port-au-Prince.
Tue Apr 25 2023
More than 100 Haitian migrants found on island near Puerto Rico
Smugglers often tell migrants that they've reached Puerto Rico even though Mona island is uninhabited and inhospitable.
Wed Oct 19 2022
US to support Haiti police and deliver aid to counter gangs
Haitian gangs prevented the distribution of diesel and gasoline, crippling businesses and hospitals and creating shortages of basic goods.
Thu Oct 13 2022
At least 17 dead after boat carrying Haitian migrants capsizes in The Bahamas
More Haitians attempt to reach the United States to flee gang violence and poverty at home.
Mon Jul 25 2022
Eleven dead after Haitian migrant vessel capsizes near Puerto Rico
At least 11 people drowned and 31 survivors had been found on the vessel which was carrying "an undetermined number of people".
Fri May 13 2022
Plane crashes into busy street in Haitian capital
A small plane crashes onto a busy street in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince killing at least six people.
Thu Apr 21 2022
Boat packed with hundreds of Haitian migrants runs aground in Florida
US authorities are investigating what appeared to be one of the largest human smuggling attempts off US shores in years.
Tue Mar 08 2022
Jamaica detains ex-senator, key suspect in killing of Haitian president
John Joel Joseph, a well-known Haitian politician named by the authorities as a suspect in Moise's killing.
Sun Jan 16 2022
Haiti searches for victims of fuel truck blast that killed 60
Hundreds of people on Tuesday remained at the scene of Monday night's blast, including shocked neighbors looking for loved ones.
Wed Dec 15 2021
Turkey arrests suspect in connection with Haitian president's murder
Turkey's Interior Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the matter.
Tue Nov 16 2021
'We made it': Haitians learn from experience to reach Mexico's Tijuana
Those coming to Tijuana received help from fellow Haitians who reached the doorstep of the US five years ago during another migration.
Thu Sep 30 2021
For Haitians, quake reawakens trauma of disaster a decade ago
For many in the poor Caribbean nation, Saturday's major quake - which killed more than 300 people and left hundreds injured - revived the trauma of the Jan. 12, 2010 temblor.
Sun Aug 15 2021