Haiti inaugurated a transitional council to select a new prime minister and organize future presidential elections, aiming to curb escalating gang violence. Former Prime Minister Ariel Henry, previously abroad due to unrest, resigned, facilitating the transition.
In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, hospitals face critical shortages of supplies and staff, worsening an already fragile healthcare system. Gangs, gaining control, escalate violence, disrupt infrastructure, and leave medical facilities in chaos.
Haiti faces rising hunger amid political deadlock and gang violence, aid workers caution. In Port-au-Prince, one missionary reported delivering food to people who haven't eaten in a week.
Canada dispatched approximately 70 soldiers to Jamaica to instruct Caribbean troops preparing for a UN sanctioned deployment to Haiti, according to the Canadian defense ministry on Saturday.
In Port-au-Prince, a container with vital supplies for newborns and mothers, like resuscitators, was looted Saturday, UNICEF reported. Gang violence and a worsening humanitarian crisis compound the situation in Haiti's capital.
Intense gunfire rattled Haiti's capital as a formidable gang leader declared intent to seize the police chief and government ministers. Prime Minister Ariel Henry, currently in Kenya, aims to solidify plans for deploying a foreign armed force to combat gangs in his absence.
A heavily armed gang surrounded a hospital in Haiti, trapping women, children, and newborns until police rescued them, as reported by the medical center's director, who sought help via social media.
Evangelical leader Marcorel Zidor led a contingent of 'hundreds' of armed protesters into a district of the capital, Port-au-Prince, under a Haiti gang's control.
A powerful Haiti gang unleashed gunfire upon a sizable assembly of parishioners led by a pastor as they marched through a neighborhood armed with machetes to expel gang members from the area.
As gang violence ravages Haiti, the country is getting help from the United States and Canada, sending armored vehicles and other supplies to its police force.
