Category Haiti

Plusieurs militaires salvadoriens déployés au sein de la Force de répression des gangs (FRG) sont portés disparus après une embuscade survenue dimanche dans la plaine du Cul-de-Sac, selon une note officielle de la mission. Des affrontements ont opposé les forces…

Overview: Four Salvadoran soldiers serving with Haiti’s Gang Suppression Force (GSF) remain missing after armed groups ambushed their armored vehicle in the Port-au-Prince Cul-de-Sac Plain area Sunday. El Salvador’s military said in a statement that the soldiers escaped the vehicle…

Overview: Edwidge Danticat’s novel Dèy has been named a finalist for the 2026 National Book Award for Fiction. Published by Knopf, the novel follows a Haitian American real estate agent in Miami as she navigates trauma, family relationships, mourning and…

Overview: Following an ICE shooting in Marble Hill that left Oscar Belgal wounded and his 5-year-old son unharmed, this opinion piece calls on New Yorkers to take concrete action to protect immigrant communities. It outlines ways to learn about immigration…

Overview: Led by NYC Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani, more than 100 elected New York state officials urged parking garage and lot owners to deny access to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The call seeks to address a gap in…

Overview: Several Haitian political figures named in a U.N. Panel of Experts report have rejected allegations of links to gangs, criminal financing or illicit economic networks and challenged investigators to provide evidence. The most notable reactions come from former lawmakers…

Overview: Gros-Morne’s mayor has urged evacuations as gang violence kills civilians and disrupts transportation on National Road 5. To strengthen security and sustain operations amid the consequences of gang activity along the highway through the city, authorities have established a…

Overview: Clashes following a security operation—conducted by the Haitian National Police and supported by the UN-backed Gang Suppression Force—against the Kokorat San Ras gang in Gros-Morne have disrupted National Road 5, increased transportation costs, and driven up consumer goods prices.…

Overview: A 94-page report compiled by experts appointed by the U.N. secretary-general examines how gangs in Haiti operate and maintain power through alleged connections with political, economic and security figures. The report describes fractures within the Viv Ansanm gang alliance,…

Overview: A federal immigration officer shot Oscar Belgal, 28, in New York City’s Marble Hill neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, Oct. 8. Belgal was treated for a gunshot wound to the neck before immigration agents reportedly removed him from the hospital.…