Haiti

The surge in armed violence across Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, with the number of internally displaced children soaring to 170,000. This alarming figure represents a twofold increase from last year, highlighting the rapidly...

The UN reported Friday that hundreds of individuals were slain in lynchings by vigilante mobs among the more than 2,400 people who have died in Haiti since the beginning of 2023 as a result of severe...

A top official referred to the decision made by the UN World Food Program on Monday, which will result in 100,000 people in Haiti being without food assistance this month, as “heartbreaking.” The organization’s response plan...

Armed violence has intensified the number of children in Haiti suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), also known as severe wasting, which has skyrocketed in the country by 30 percent compared to 2022, UNICEF has warned....

According to the United Nations, more than 600 people were killed in violence in Haiti’s capital last month, which is in the midst of a political-economic catastrophe. ‘In the month of April alone, more than 600...

Since the onset of the cholera outbreak in Haiti, children below 14 years make up nearly half of the 1,700 suspected cases. Gang violence, fuel shortages and street blockades are hindering humanitarian access to safe water...

At the start of a new academic year in Haiti, social unrest, gang violence, and a resurgence of cholera may keep over 2.4 million children out of classrooms, UNICEF warned today. Despite the academic year starting...

The resurgence of cholera in violence-stricken Haiti after three years without a single reported case threatens the well-being and health of 1.2 million children living in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, UNICEF warned. As the country grapples with...

At least seven people in Haiti have died from cholera, authorities said Sunday, raising fresh fears of a resurgent epidemic in the crisis-wracked Caribbean nation. Nearly three years after Haiti’s last confirmed cholera case, the country’s...

An upsurge in gang-related violence has shut access to health services across some urban areas in Haiti, leaving one in 20 children living in Cité Soleil – a violence-ravaged commune in Port-au-Prince – at risk of...