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A man looks out of a store as police patrol the streets after gang members tried to attack a police station, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (Image: Reuters)At least 80% of Port-au-Prince is controlled by the armed gangs and violent crimes are…

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Thursday for a robust international force to help combat Haiti’s armed gangs and restore security in the impoverished nation, saying that a U.N. expert’s estimate that Haiti needs up to…

Canada will soon co-ordinate efforts by multiple countries to restore Haiti’s embattled police force, as neighbouring states say they have hope the Caribbean nation can overcome a severe political and humanitarian crisis. “The…

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Even as Canadian aid feeds thousands, the United Nations is warning that Haiti’s political chaos is putting the country at risk of famine, as farmers get kidnapped and the desperate turn to vigilante justice against gangsters. “This…

Haiti’s troubled government is accusing Canada of stalling in its promised delivery of armoured vehicles, and argues the delay is hindering a plan to clear violent gangs from Port-au-Prince. Yet the Toronto company making the…

Canada’s top general said he was concerned that the country’s armed forces, which are already stretched thin by support for Ukraine and NATO, do not have the capacity to lead a possible security mission to Haiti. Haiti’s government…

Haitian police officers on Thursday blocked streets and forced their way into the country’s main airport to protest the recent killing of officers by armed gangs expanding their grip on the Caribbean nation. Protesters in civilian…

The U.N. special envoy for Haiti said Wednesday she heard “caution” from the United States and Canada about possibly leading an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs but not “a definite `No.”’ Helen La Lime expressed…

The United States and Canada — the two countries most often mentioned as possible leaders of an international armed force to help Haiti combat gangs — showed no interest Tuesday in deploying security personnel despite renewed appeals…