The Gang Suppression Force (GSF, for its acronym in English) deployed in Haiti has confirmed the death of "several" alleged members of armed gangs in the context of the clashes recorded during a broad tracking operation to locate four soldiers from El Salvador missing after the ambush last Sunday near...
The highest official of the United Nations in Haiti, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, warned this Monday before the UN Security Council about "the ability of gangs to adapt their tactics as security operations intensify," amid a crisis of violence in the Caribbean country. His words come after the attack recorded the...
A vehicle of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF, for its acronym in English) was attacked on Sunday while carrying out patrol duties in the metropolitan area of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, according to the mission's confirmation. For now, the force has not provided information on possible casualties, despite local...
The Haitian authorities have communicated this Wednesday a new indefinite delay of the general elections scheduled for December 13, 2026, elections that had already been postponed on two previous occasions amid the serious instability that the country is experiencing, marked by the escalation of violence and the influence of criminal...
The Gang Suppression Force (GSF, for its acronym in English) of Haiti has taken down two alleged members of armed gangs, arrested two others, and seized various weapons in several security operations carried out between October 5 and 6 in the communes of Tabarre and Cité Soleil, within the metropolitan...
The president of Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, has ordered this Tuesday the ministries of Defense and Justice to provide "legal assistance" to the 17 former Colombian military personnel accused of their alleged participation in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, carried out on July 7, 2021, and who...
The United Nations estimates that around 5,700 people have lost their lives in 2026 due to the escalation of criminal violence that punishes Haiti, a phenomenon that intensified after the assassination of former president Jovenel Moise in 2021. That assassination triggered an offensive by the mafias that ultimately dismantled the...
The United Nations confirmed this Wednesday that it will continue to support the Gang Suppression Force in Haiti following the recent renewal of its mandate by the Security Council. At the same time, the organization has emphasized the lack of resources for the humanitarian plan in the Caribbean country, as...
The United Nations Security Council has given the green light this Tuesday to the extension for another six months of the mandate of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF, for its acronym in English) in Haiti, which will remain in effect until March 31, 2027. The decision comes in a context...
At least eleven civilians have lost their lives this Monday in the Haitian locality of Crépin, belonging to the municipality of Gros-Morne, in the Artibonite department, during a serious episode of violence that occurred while a patrol of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF, for its acronym in English) was operating...
The Organization of American States (OAS) has formally requested the UN Security Council to extend the mandate and ensure the "full deployment" of the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti, appealing to the international community to "provide the personnel, funding, equipment, and logistical support necessary for its full and sustained...
The Prime Minister of Haiti, Alix Didier Fils-Aimé, urged the international community this Friday, not "to save" his country, but to support it at a time when Haitians themselves are taking "the reins" of their future, demanding a "paradigm shift" that leaves behind the logic of assistance and focuses on...
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) warned this Friday that the rise in violence in Haiti has already generated nearly 1.5 million displaced persons, of which almost 80% are outside the capital, Port-au-Prince, as insecurity spreads to other areas of the country.The agency has reported that it has detected significant...
This Sunday, 18 people accused of having intervened in the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse on July 7, 2021, have been transferred from Haiti to the United States, among them several former Colombian military personnel who remained imprisoned in the Caribbean country.The federal prosecutor for the Southern District of...
The United Nations warned this Friday that more than 250,000 children between six months and eleven years are at risk of suffering from acute malnutrition between June 2026 and May 2027, of which 94,000 are at risk of severe acute malnutrition, in a scenario marked by the violence of armed...
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) announced this Saturday the release of 13 people kidnapped last Sunday in Haiti, six minors and seven women, during the massacre carried out by an armed gang in the community of Kenscoff, an attack that left at least 47 dead and nearly fifty people...
The United Nations has warned this Friday of a rapid deterioration of security and the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, where massacres committed by armed gangs are multiplying and malnutrition among children under five is skyrocketing.The UN representative in the Caribbean country, Carlos Ruiz Massieu, has presented before the Security Council...
More than 1,400 people have lost their lives in Haiti between April and June 2026 as a result of the violence unleashed by gangs. The United Nations warned this Wednesday that this criminal spiral is "geographically spreading" across the country, just as the authorities intensify their offensive against these groups...
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has condemned this Tuesday the most recent attack carried out by criminal gangs in Kenscoff, a locality located on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince, in Haiti, which has left a toll of 47 people dead, including 22 who were "executed" inside a church...
At least 42 people have been killed by the criminal group Viv Ansanm during the night from Sunday to Monday in the municipality of Kenscoff, located east of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, in a new episode of the escalation of violence led by gangs in the Caribbean country, according...
At least 30 people have been killed by the criminal group Viv Ansanm between the night of Sunday and the early morning of Monday in the municipality of Kenscoff, located east of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, in a new episode of the escalation of violence led by gangs in...
The Government of the United States has launched the first deportation flight to Haiti since it decided to end the humanitarian protection granted to hundreds of thousands of Haitians residing in the country. The measure was adopted in June 2025, but it has not begun to be implemented until the...
Doctors Without Borders has reported that the maternity hospital of Isaïe Jeanty has been forced to suspend its activities again, the second time in just two months, due to a new wave of criminal violence in the neighborhood of Cité Soleil, in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The closure leaves...
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Albert R. Ramdin, has considered this Tuesday that the recent electoral 'roadmap' released by Haiti represents an "important step," by setting the celebration of presidential and legislative elections for next December 13."I welcome the publication of the electoral calendar by...
The electoral authorities of Haiti announced this Monday that the first round of the presidential and legislative elections will be held on December 13, in a country burdened for decades by political instability and violence perpetrated by armed gangs.According to the schedule released by the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP), the...