UN Human Rights Chief Urges For Funding For Haiti Mission: 'Without Them, The Worst May Be Yet To Come'

The United Nations' Human Rights Chief welcomed the decision to expand the security mission for Haiti but warned that it is imperative to implement it soon. "International commitment and backing for this are urgent," said Volker Türk. "Without...

Increasing violence and funding cuts imperil millions across Haiti

Haiti faces one of the world’s most severe food crises that is only worsening due to steep funding cuts to WFP relief programmes. “We urge international partners to step up to enable WFP and partners to provide not only life-saving emergency...

Biden’s Florida legacy: An economic boom, a magnet for immigrants and a solidly conservative red state

After Paola Freites was allowed into the U.S. in 2024, she and her husband settled in Florida, drawn by warm temperatures, a large Latino community and the ease of finding employment and housing. They were among hundreds of thousands of immigrants...

Haiti, allies rally behind new gang suppression force despite concerns

Overview: The UN Security Council's approval of Resolution UNSCR 2793 (2025) to create a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti received widespread support. Haitian authorities hailed it as a key step against gang violence, while civil society...

Jamaica Part of Group of Standing Partners to Steer GSF in Haiti

Jamaica has agreed to be a part of the Group of Standing Partners charged with steering the Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti. With a 12-month mandate, the 5,550-strong force will work alongside Haitian authorities to neutralise gangs, secure...

Hoping for a ‘clean Christmas,’ Cap-Haïtien youth take on trash near airport | PHOTOS

Overview: The following is a series of photos showing young people cleaning a road near Hugo Chavez Cap-Haïtien International Airport during Okap Pwòp or Clean Cap-Haïtien. Okap Pwòp was a three-day street cleaning event organized by the social...

Dominican Republic asks Russia, China to help fight gangs in Haiti

Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader sent letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, asking them to support the Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti that was authorized by the...

US fashion sector concerned over AGOA, Haiti HOPE/HELP lapse

AAFA has shared its “deep disappointment” on the US administration allowing both the AGOA and Haiti trade preference programmes to expire this week and is calling on the US government to extend them to provide US businesses with smart, practical...

Kenya Welcomes United Nations Security Council’s Decision to Transition Haiti Mission to Gang Suppression Force

On Thursday, October 2, 2025, Kenya expressed strong support for the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous decision to transition the leadership of a critical security mission in Haiti from the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS)...

PAHO/WHO and Haiti sign a new Cooperation Strategy

Haiti - Health : PAHO/WHO and Haiti sign a new Cooperation Strategy 02/10/2025 09:25:06 On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, on the sidelines of the 62nd PAHO Directing Council during a bilateral meeting at the Organization's headquarters in Washington,...

Very bad news for Haiti: Help tax provisions expires with US

Dominican government ministers of Foreign Relations and Industry & Commerce and business people are taking advantage of Dominican Week in the USA to lobbying for the restoration of the the Haiti Economic Lift Program (HELP) Act (Haiti HOPE/HELP)...

AAFA disappointed by lapsed trade deals

WASHINGTON DC - The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) has expressed "deep disappointment" that US trade deals which supported textile and garment exporters across Africa and in Haiti have been allowed to lapse. The African Growth and...

Kenya Welcomes Transition as New International Force Takes Over Security in Haiti

Kenya has welcomed the handover of international security duties in Haiti to a new United Nations-backed force, closing a difficult chapter in its own deployment there. The UN Security Council this week approved the creation of the Gang...

Fighting back against the gangs: What is Haiti’s new UN-backed force?

© UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol People continue to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince due to gang-related violence. This article is published in association with United Nations. As gangs in Haiti continue to expand the areas under their control and show...

US says transition from Kenya-led mission in Haiti ‘important step’

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 — The United States has welcomed the UN-backed transition of Haiti security plan to a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) as an “important step” toward restoring peace, stability, and democracy in the crisis-hit Caribbean nation. US...

Ruto minister hails end to Kenya’s ‘misadventure’ in Haiti after UN vote

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 2 — Former Senior Economic Adviser to the President, Moses Kuria, has welcomed a UN mandate for a Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti, saying the move ends what he termed Kenya’s “misadventure” in the Caribbean nation. Kuria...

Haiti’s Hunger Crisis: Artibonite’s Fields Turn to Fear as Gangs Tighten Their Grip

In Haiti’s fertile Artibonite Valley, once celebrated for its rice fields and proud farming traditions, armed gangs now dictate who eats and who starves. Families like that of Fleuranta Cilné survive on handouts, trapped between violence and...

Govt Addresses Kenya Police Leaving Haiti

The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, has said that it is unclear whether the Kenyan police leading the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti will remain there or not, following the establishment of a new Gang Suppression...

Haitian corruption probe implicates sitting sports minister in $76K embezzlement

Overview: Haiti’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ULCC) accuses Sports Minister Niola Lynn Sarah Devalien Octavius of embezzling $76,000 in state funds meant for national celebrations. Six other new ULCC reports reveal fuel theft, ghost jobs, and...

U.N. Security Council Authorizes Larger Force to Fight Gangs in Haiti

The U.N. Security Council (UNSC) on Tuesday approved a U.S. proposal to add more personnel and funding to the security mission in Haiti, which has been overrun by violent gangs ever since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021....