Heavily armed gangs launched coordinated attacks across central Haiti, killing civilians, burning homes and forcing hundreds to flee as police warned that much of the Artibonite region has fallen under gang control. Survivors streamed into coastal towns demanding government action amid worsening hunger, mass displacement and growing anger over what many describe as an absent and overwhelmed state.
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U.S. citizens flee Haiti amidst escalating chaos: Global concerns mount
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Amidst escalating turmoil in Haiti, a recent exodus of U.S. citizens fleeing the violence underscores broader concerns about the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the Caribbean nation. As conflict rages on in regions like the Middle East and Eastern Europe, voices like Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr., president of the […]
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Haiti is on fire: How the Montana Accord Movement could help
The Montana Accord Movement is a broad-based civil society movement committed to advancing a “Haitian Solution” to save Haiti from the raging conflagration of gangs and criminal kingpins.
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Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti’s main prison, leaving bodies behind
By Evens Sanon and Pierre-Richard Luxama, The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Hundreds of inmates fled Haiti’s main prison after armed gangs stormed the facility in an overnight explosion of violence that engulfed much of the capital. At least five people were dead March 3. The jailbreak marked a new low in Haiti’s downward […]