Tag: Haitis
Gang tried to take over Haiti’s airport
Earlier on Monday, there were reports that a passenger plane that was to land at the airport had been hit by gunfire. The plane, which came from Fort Lauderdale, Florida,…
Gang tried to take over Haiti’s airport
Earlier on Monday, there were reports that a passenger plane that was about to land at the airport had been hit by gunfire. The plane, which came from Fort Lauderdale,…
Haiti’s interim government is changing the prime minister of the troubled country | News in brief
Businessman Alix Didier Fils-Aime is being appointed as the new Prime Minister of Haiti. Outgoing Prime Minister Garry Conille had been appointed last May. In Haiti, the interim administration, i.e.…
Tensions rise at Haiti’s border – SVT’s team detained by the military
SVT’s photographer Ronald Verhoeven and US correspondent Fouad Youcefi are in the Dominican border town of Dajabón to interview people on the border with Haiti. It was on Friday that…
Dead bodies in Haiti’s violence-stricken capital
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen Police patrol an area of a prison, which was stormed and evacuated earlier this month, in Port-au-Prince. Image from March 14. Photo: Odelyn Joseph/AP/TT Several…
UNICEF Director warns: Haiti’s plight has never been worse
According to Catherine Russell, violent, armed gangs control more than 60 percent of Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, as well as large areas of the countryside. Director of the UN Children’s Fund,…
Gang violence in Haiti’s capital: 209 dead in 10 days
It was announced that nearly half of those who lost their lives were residents of the city who had no connection with the gangs. Clashes are concentrated in the Cite…