Tag: Port-au-Prince

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister issued their first official statement on Wednesday, pledging to ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies across the road from the ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — More than 33,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in a span of nearly two weeks as gangs continue to pillage homes and attack state institutions, ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Armed gangs launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.media journalists reported ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Haiti’s government said Thursday that it was extending a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and curb violent gang attacks that have paralyzed ...

Increasingly powerful gangs have attacked prisons and the airport serving Haiti’s capital in recent days, forcing businesses and schools to close as hundreds of people fled.Heavily armed gangs have grown ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Authorities have ordered a nighttime curfew trying to regain control of Haiti’s streets after an explosion of violence during the weekend, including gunmen from gangs ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Heavy gunfire paralyzed Haiti’s capital Thursday, and at least four police officers were slain, as a powerful gang leader announced that he would try to ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (news agencies) — Gang members have raided a key community in Haiti’s capital that is home to numerous police officers and has been under siege for four days ...