As the hurricane season gets underway in the Caribbean, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) is sounding the alarm over Haiti’s humanitarian situation.

Long a peaceful, highland retreat, Kenscoff is now the latest front in Haiti’s escalating crisis. Early on Sunday, April 20, gangs ambushed a police vehicle, killing four officers.

Etienne called for a new government as he blamed the current leaders for the ongoing violence and an increase in the number of children joining gangs.

The Trump administration has told Congress that it intends to designate Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organizations. That’s according to people familiar with the notification who spoke on ...

UNITED NATIONS (CMC) – The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Haiti (OCHA) says gang activities in the French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country continue to fuel ...

The Trump administration has informed Congress of its plan to label Haitian gangs as foreign terrorist organisations, sources said. The move, mirroring recent designations of eight Latin American ...

Gangs have attacked another town in Haiti’s central region, killing at least four people, including an 11-year-old child, a human rights activist told The Associated Press on Monday.. At least ...

FILE - A Kenyan police officer patrols an area in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Feb. 13, 2025. Odelyn Joseph/AP/File.

FILE - A soldier carries out an anti-gang operation in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File) ...

More than 260 people were killed in attacks on Kenscoff and Carrefour earlier this year, according to the U.N. political mission in Haiti.

A soldier carries out an anti-gang operation in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 3, 2025. Credit: AP/Odelyn Joseph. By The Associated PressUpdated April 24, 2025 10:49 am.