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Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its most vulnerable citizens, especially women and children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday, citing reports of an “alarming spike” in kidnapping and other crimes. more
WFP forced to slash food aid as half of all Haitians go hungry

New York: The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been compelled to reduce the number of people receiving emergency food assistance in Haiti due to a lack of funding, affecting around 100,0 ...

Almost 3 million children ‘desperately need protection and support’ in Haiti

New York: Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where they face staggering levels of violence that have exacerbated hunger and m ...

Stop deporting Haitians: Rights experts’ appeal to countries in Americas

New York: Countries in the Americas should suspend forced returns of Haitians on the move and adopt measures to protect them instead, UN-appointed independent human rights experts said on ...

Haiti: Amid rising hunger levels, ‘world cannot wait for disaster before it acts’, WFP warns

New York: A growing crisis is pushing a higher number of people into hunger in Haiti, the UN food agency warned on Thursday.

Haiti: Deploy specialized force to take down gang violence, UN rights chief

New York: A specialized force must be deployed to urgently help Haitian authorities tackle a tsunami of gang violence, as rapes, sniper killings, and kidnappings become daily threats, the ...

New UN report warns of spike in gang attacks, ‘gross human rights abuses’ in Haiti

New York: Extreme violence and gross human rights abuses, including mass incidents of murder, gang rape and sniper attacks, have sharply increased in Cité Soleil on the outskirts o ...

Haiti ‘on the verge of an abyss’, warns UN rights chief

New York: Amid continuing gang warfare and a vacuum of law and order, Haiti is “on the verge of an abyss” said the UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday, warning ...

Haiti: ‘Triple threat’ of cholera, malnutrition and violence puts young lives at risk

New York: Immediate action is needed to save young lives in Haiti amid the “triple threat” of cholera, malnutrition and violence, the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child ( ...

Security Council approves sanctions package for Haiti to quell gang violence

New York: The UN Security Council on Friday unanimously approved a sanctions regime for Haiti, targeting gang leaders and those who finance them, in the hope of easing months of violence ...