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Haiti: At least 90 killed in gang violence as country slides into chaos

As gunfire crackled in the slums of Port-au-Prince for nearly a week, police, short-staffed and ill-equipped, did not intervene, while international humanitarian organisations struggled to deliver crucial food supplies & provide medical care to the victims

Uproar mounts over reports of border agents abusing Haitian migrants in Texas

Pictures by AFP photographer Paul Ratje and video footage appeared to show riders swinging their long reins to threaten migrants and push them back toward the river

Why US is launching mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas

The rapid expulsions were made possible by a pandemic-related authority adopted by former president Donald Trump in March 2020 that allows for migrants to be immediately removed from the country without an opportunity to seek asylum

Why the Caribbean country of Haiti is prone to devastating earthquakes

The preliminary toll of the 7.2 magnitude quake that struck southwestern Haiti rose Monday to 1,419 dead and more than 6,900 injured, according to the country's civil protection agency

Toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to 1,297; hospitals struggle to treat thousands injured

The earthquake also struck just over a month after president Jovenel Moïse was shot to death in his home sending the country into political chaos

Haiti earthquake: Toll rises to 724, at least 2,800 injured after 7.2-magnitude tremor strikes nation

The toll jumped to over 700 on Sunday as crews desperately dug through collapsed buildings for survivors in the Caribbean nation still reeling from its president's assassination

Arrest of Floridian Christian Emmanuel Sanon in Haiti president's killing deepens mystery over assassination

The 62-year-old pastor, unknown in Haitian political circles, suggest he was duped by those responsible for the death of Jovenel Moïse

Haiti jailbreak: Prison director and gang leader among 25 killed, 400 inmates escape

The breakout at Croix-des-Bouquets prison was believed to be an attempt to free gang leader Arnel Joseph, who had been Haiti's most wanted fugitive until his 2019 arrest

Haiti president nominates one-time notary and ex-presidential candidate Jean Henry Ceant as next prime minister

Haiti president Jovenel Moise said on Sunday he had picked Jean Henry Ceant, 61, to be his next prime minister.

Haiti prime minister resigns after mass protests over hike in fuel price; govt calls off plan as four killed in violence

Haiti Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant has resigned following deadly violence and looting sparked by a now-abandoned plan to raise fuel prices