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Haiti

UN appoints former Haiti PM Conille to Kenya role

Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks during a joint press conference with Kenya's President William Ruto during his visit to the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille speaks during a joint press conference with Kenya's President William Ruto during his visit to the State House in Nairobi, Kenya, October 11, 2024. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi

At least 70 killed in Haiti massacre, rights group says, far exceeding official toll

FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers patrol amid ongoing gang violence, in this file photo from Haiti, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Law enforcement officers patrol amid ongoing gang violence, in this file photo from Haiti, March 19, 2025. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

World Cup risks being ‘stage for repression’: Amnesty International

Police officers, including mounted police, stand guard near posters of missing people as relatives of victims of forced disappearance protest outside Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.
Police officers, including mounted police, stand guard near posters of missing people as relatives of victims of forced disappearance protest outside Azteca Stadium in Mexico City.

US offers up to $3 million bounty for information on finances of powerful Haiti gangs

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Haitian Armed Forces patrol the area as people flee homes following the armed gangs violence over the weekend, many grouped behind an alliance known as Viv Ansanm, at the Poste Marchand suburb, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Members of the Haitian Armed Forces patrol the area as people flee homes following the armed gangs violence over the weekend, many grouped behind an alliance known as Viv Ansanm, at the Poste Marchand suburb, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti December 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File Photo

US extends flight restrictions to Haiti capital until early September

A view of Toussaint Louverture International Airport, which was shut since last month and has been reopened by Haitian authorities, even as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration watchdog extended a ban on U.S. airlines flying there, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol
A view of Toussaint Louverture International Airport, which was shut since last month and has been reopened by Haitian authorities, even as the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration watchdog extended a ban on U.S. airlines flying there, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, December 11, 2024. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

Haiti enters political limbo as transition government's mandate ends

FILE PHOTO: Haitian security forces guard the Prime Minister's office and the headquarters of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), as the mandate of the transitional governing council, formed to curb gang violence and pave the way for long-delayed election, is set to end on February 7 with no succession plan in place, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Egeder Pq Fildor/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Haitian security forces guard the Prime Minister's office and the headquarters of the Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), as the mandate of the transitional governing council, formed to curb gang violence and pave the way for long-delayed election, is set to end on February 7 with no succession plan in place, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, February 6, 2026. REUTERS/Egeder Pq Fildor/File Photo

US restricts visas for two members of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A general view of a U.S. State Department sign outside the U.S. State Department building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 11, 2025. REUTERS/Annabelle Gordon/File Photo

Two Haiti leaders say they plan to proceed with PM removal despite US threats

Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils‑Aime arrives at a police graduation ceremony as Transitional Presidential Council members Leslie Voltaire and Edgard Leblanc Fils seek to proceed with a plan to remove Fils‑Aime within 30 days following established procedures, despite U.S. warnings that such a move would have consequences, in Port‑au‑Prince, Haiti, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder
Haiti's Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils‑Aime arrives at a police graduation ceremony as Transitional Presidential Council members Leslie Voltaire and Edgard Leblanc Fils seek to proceed with a plan to remove Fils‑Aime within 30 days following established procedures, despite U.S. warnings that such a move would have consequences, in Port‑au‑Prince, Haiti, January 23, 2026. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder

As Haiti faces further political turmoil, the UN signals more troops on the way

FILE PHOTO: Haitian soldiers keep a watch outside the venue where businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr is set to be designated as president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Haitian soldiers keep a watch outside the venue where businessman Laurent Saint-Cyr is set to be designated as president of Haiti's Transitional Presidential Council (CPT), in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 7, 2025. REUTERS/Fildor Pq Egeder/File Photo

Haiti drone operation strikes home of gang leader 'Barbecue'

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.