Haiti

The tiny Caribbean nation of Haiti is teetering on the brink of collapse. Armed gangs, violence and looting have made everyday life punishing in the nation ...

In a video address announcing his resignation, Mr Henry urged Haitians to remain calm. "The government that I am leading will resign immediately after the ...

It was not immediately clear who would be chosen to lead Haiti out of the crisis in which heavily armed gangs have burned police stations, attacked the main ...

February inflation numbers released today, President of Haiti Ariel Henry says he'll resign, the Kate Middleton photo sparks AI rumors.

Ariel Henry has tendered his resignation after armed gangs took control of Haiti and called for his removal.

Haiti's embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced his resignation late on Monday, effective once a transition council and temporary replacement have ...

Ariel Henry, Haiti's de facto leader, agreed to resign once a transitional presidential council is installed and interim prime minister named.

Armed groups, particularly the G9 alliance of gangs operating under Jimmy "Barbecue" Chérizier, have been menacing the Haitian people with near-total ...

Gang leaders, surreally, hold news conferences. And many see them as future stakeholders in negotiations over the country's future.

Prime Minister Ariel Henry, stranded in Puerto Rico, released a recorded video late on Monday night pledging to resign as soon as a transition council and ...

The Biden administration just sent top Republicans in Congress its plan for helping Haiti this afternoon as it tries to convince them to drop a hold on $40 ...

Henry has been unable to enter Haiti because the violence closed its main international airports.

Haiti's prime minister has been forced to resign as gang violence surged - so who stands to gain?

Will a transitional government manage to lead that fragile nation back to stability and democracy? Or will the armed men who roam the streets and murder, kidnap ...

The U.N. food agency's director in Haiti says that 4 million people face “acute food insecurity” and one million of them are one step away from famine.

Terrified mother hiding in Haitian church with her children fights starvation ... Fabiola Luma says the dire situation in Haiti has made it challenging to access ...

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Tuesday that Haiti is on the brink of a devastating hunger crisis, with aid operations at risk of “grinding to a ...

Embattled acting Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced late Monday that he would step down from the position once a transitional presidential council is ...

House Democrats criticized a social media post by Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) in which he called Haiti a “shithole” Tuesday. “I couldn't disagree more with ...

MODERATOR: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to our background call on the situation in Haiti. As a reminder, today's call will be on background, ...

WASHINGTON – Today, Congresswomen Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), Yvette Clarke, and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, Co-Chairs of the Haiti Caucus, ...

Politicians across Haiti are scrambling for power after Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced that he would resign once a transitional presidential council ...

Just 11 days ago, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry and Kenyan President William Ruto signed an agreement that Ruto said would fast-track a long-delayed ...

A Kenyan official says his government is halting plans to deploy at least 1000 police officers to Haiti following the unprecedented violence that erupted in ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with World Food Program director Jean-Martin Bauer on the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Haiti as violence has displaced ...

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has announced his resignation following a meeting of regional Caribbean leaders on Monday – a move that acknowledges ...

Island nation is braced for next steps after PM Henry agreed to step down amid chaotic gang violence.

A day after an international coalition tasked a group of prominent Haitians with putting together a transitional presidential council that would create a ...

The U.S. Southern Command said in a statement that a fleet-anti-terrorism security team, known as FAST, was deployed to the embassy in the nation's capital, ...

Over the last two weeks, attacks at prisons, police stations, and the airport have led the US to evacuate non-essential personnel.

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The deployment of Marines to the U.S. embassy is the second time this week that U.S. military forces have been called to assist U.S. embassy personnel in Haiti.

The African nation said it would not send a force until Haiti forms a new government after the Haitian prime minister announced his intention to resign.

Months of raging gang violence came to a head today in Haiti. The prime minister, currently stranded in Puerto Rico, announced he would resign as soon as a ...

The Caribbean nation of more than 11 million people is again struggling with violence and political instability.

Albom, 65, was visiting his orphanage Have Faith Haiti when he found himself stranded. "The airports were closed, the ports were closed, the roads were closed ...

The situation in Haiti is growing more dangerous as violent gangs have taken over the Caribbean nation and the country's prime minister is now planning to ...

Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry announced Tuesday that he would resign once a transitional presidential council is created. Henry made the announcement hours ...

A proposal to install new leadership in Haiti appears to be crumbling as some political parties rejected the plan to create a presidential council that ...

High-profile Haitian politicians declined to participate in the proposed transitional council.

U.S. Southern Command said that the need for the FAST came at the request of the State Department, and that it "is prepared with a wide range of contingency ...

Haitian armed groups have grown more autonomous, experts say, and force alone will not resolve growing security crisis.

Police officers enforce laws under governments that hold the monopoly on violence in their respective territories. When nonstate armed groups—whether one calls ...

Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) led a helicopter rescue operation that evacuated 10 people, including the author of “Tuesdays with Morrie,” who runs an orphanage ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—In anticipation of a potential influx of illegal immigrants from Haiti, Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered additional state assets to the ...

SÃO PAULO, Brazil (OSV News) -- Amid the worst security crisis in Haiti in several years -- one that has been particularly hard for church members -- Prime ...

At the request of the Department of State, the U.S. Southern Command deployed a U.S. Marine Fleet-Anti-terrorism Security Team (FAST) to maintain strong ...

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry says his country's constitution states that only he and his cabinet can appoint a council for the transition of power, ...

Mitch Albom, the author of “Tuesdays With Morrie,” said he was visiting the orphanage he established called Have Faith Haiti, when he got stick in chaotic ...