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Japan contributes funds to IOM to assist repatriated Haitians
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March 19, 2026
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Government of Japan has provided a financial contribution of US$667,000 to the International Organization for Migrat...
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Haiti crisis at breaking point as gangs tighten grip ahead of transition deadline
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The head of the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Carlos Ruiz-Massieu, says Haiti has entered a “critical phase” in effort...
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The Haitian National Police (PNH) have confirmed that it carried out an operation on the “stronghold” of the reputed gan...
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Over 20,000 children being treated for severe acute nutrition in Haiti
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July 25, 2025
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says escalating violence and displace...
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UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) Security Council has unanimously extended the mandate of the UN’s political mission in Haiti until the ...
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‘We cannot leave Haiti to the mercy of gangs’ — Holness
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ST JAMES, Jamaica — Caribbean Community (Caricom) Chair, Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness has made it clear that while international momentum to suppo...
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Dominican Republic reports sharp rise in Haitian migrant deportations
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SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AFP)  — The Dominican Republic has deported more than 119,000 Haitians so far in 2025, an increase of 71 per cent o...
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Gang-ravaged Haiti nearing ‘point of no return’, UN warns
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April 21, 2025
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — Haiti, where rampant gang violence has surged in recent weeks, is approaching a "point of no return" leading to ...
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One million Haitian children face ‘critical’ food shortage — UN
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UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — More than one million children in Haiti are suffering "critical" food shortages as a result of chronic violence,...
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Journalists under attack in Haiti, group calls for release of abducted reporter
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC)— SOS Journalistes Haiti on Monday called on armed gangs, occupying the town of Mirebalais in the French speaking country, ...
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Former Jamaican PM warns Haiti is ‘perilously close’ to being a failed state
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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) —  Former Jamaican prime minister Bruce Golding Wednesday warned that Haiti is “perilously close” to being a failed state a...
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Fritz Alphonse Jean becomes new president of Haiti’s Transitional Presidential Council
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Fritz Alphonse Jean, representative of the Montana Accord, was officially sworn in as president of Haiti’s Transitional ...
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UN Security Council told support for Haiti needed now ‘more than ever’
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January 24, 2025
UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), Maria Isabel Salvador, says the French-speaking Caribbean Co...
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More than one million people internally displaced in Haiti — UN
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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — The number of Haitians who have fled their homes because of gang violence has tripled in the last year to over one million...
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Caricom says it remains committed to long-term plan for peace and security in Haiti
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GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Caribbean Community (Caricom) Secretary General, Dr Carla Barnett says the 15-member regional integration movement remains ...
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Haitian media association welcomes commission of inquiry into deaths of three journalists
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — Haiti's media association, SOS Journalistes, has welcomed the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry into the recent i...
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JetBlue extends suspension of flights to Haiti
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PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti (CMC) — United States carrier JetBlue says it will extend its suspension of flights to Haiti until April 30, 2025, citing ongoin...
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Nine killed in Haiti in latest gang attack
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Gunmen in Haiti killed nine people in the latest spasm of violence by the Caribbean nation's powerful gangs, a community...
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World Council of Churches calls for prayer for Haitian people
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CYPRUS (CMC) — The executive committee of the World Council of Churches (WCC) has called on all member churches to pray and offer Christian solidarity...
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Haitian gang leader ‘Barbecue’ escapes armed police confrontation
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November 22, 2024
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — One of Haiti's most powerful gang leaders, best known by his nickname "Barbecue," fled a police operation in the capital...
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Haiti’s new PM says ‘there is no time to lose’
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November 17, 2024
PORT AU PRINCe, Haiti (CMC) —  Haiti’s newly-appointed Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé says the French-speaking Caribbean Community (Caricom) mem...
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Death toll rises to 109 after Haiti gang attack, official says
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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — The death toll from a brutal gang attack in Haiti last week has risen to 109 people with around 40 more injured, a local...
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March 29, 2026
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Valiant, Yung Bredda set for Campari Boulevard
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