Etiket: PortauPrince
Haiti | Port-au-Prince in “state of siege”, staff evacuated to the United States embassy
(Port-au-Prince) The Haitian capital Port-au-Prince continues to sink into gang-related violence, with the United States announcing on Sunday that it had evacuated some of its embassy staff and reinforced the…
The increasingly precarious humanitarian situation in Port-au-Prince
Hospitals attacked, food arrivals threatened, infrastructure blocked: the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince faced an increasingly precarious humanitarian situation on Saturday, the day after a new evening of clashes between police and…
Haiti | The increasingly precarious humanitarian situation in Port-au-Prince
(Port-au-Prince) Hospitals attacked, arrival of food threatened, infrastructure blocked: the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince faced an increasingly precarious humanitarian situation on Saturday, the day after a new evening of clashes between…
Haiti | New shootings in Port-au-Prince, gangs maintain pressure
(Port-au-Prince) Sporadic gunfire rang out Friday evening in Port-au-Prince, an AFP correspondent noted, with residents of the Haitian capital desperately seeking shelter from gang violence which has exploded in recent…
Gangs attack Port-au-Prince police academy
Armed gangs attacked on Tuesday the police academy in Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital under curfew where armed gangs released thousands of detainees and tried to seize the airport. The gangs,…
Haiti | Port-au-Prince prison stormed by gangs, inmates escape
(Port-au-Prince) Prisoners escaped from the national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, after the assault by armed gangs on Saturday evening against the main Haitian prison, according to the French embassy in Haiti…
Port-au-Prince, scene of bloody clashes between police and gangs
Published on 03/02/2024 7:50 p.m. Video length: 3 min Haiti: Port-au-Prince, scene of bloody clashes between police and gangs Haiti is sinking further into chaos, as at least four police…
Haiti | Police overwhelmed by series of violent attacks in Port-au-Prince
(Port-Au-Prince) Haitian police have been overwhelmed by a series of violent attacks coordinated by members of armed gangs across the capital, in which four police officers were killed, a spokesperson…
Haiti | Four police officers killed in exchanges of fire with gangs in Port-au-Prince
(Port-au-Prince) Four police officers died in exchanges of fire Thursday with gangs in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, according to their union, one of the largest armed groups involved having spoken…
Haiti | Exchanges of fire between gangs and security forces in Port-au-Prince
(Port-au-Prince) Exchanges of fire broke out Thursday in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, with a leader of one of the largest gangs involved speaking of coordinated attacks aimed at ousting disputed…
Haiti | New deadly gang attacks in Port-au-Prince
(Port-au-Prince) A district of Haiti’s capital has been plagued since Sunday by deadly gang attacks which intensified on Thursday, witnesses told AFP, while demonstrations against insecurity affect the country. Published…
Haiti | New deadly gang attacks in Port-au-Prince
(Port-au-Prince) A district of Haiti’s capital has been plagued since Sunday by deadly gang attacks which intensified on Thursday, witnesses told AFP, while demonstrations against insecurity affect the country. Posted…
Haiti | Clashes between gangs continue in Port-au-Prince, hospital closed
(Port-au-Prince) Clashes between gangs continued on Friday in a huge neighborhood of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, causing civilian casualties and leading, according to Médecins sans Frontières, to the closure of…
Haiti | Port-au-Prince hospital evacuated after gang violence
(Port-au-Prince) A hospital in the largest slum of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, was completely evacuated Wednesday after violent clashes between gangs broke out at its doors, its director announced ‘AFP. Updated…
Haiti | A dozen suspected gang members stoned and burned alive in Port-au-Prince
(Port-au-Prince) More than a dozen suspected gang members were stoned and burned alive on Monday by residents of a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, according to police and witnesses, the UN alarmed…
Clashes between gangs in Port-au-Prince leave at least 89 dead
At least 89 people have been killed in a week in clashes between gangs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital where prices are soaring and fuel shortages are getting worse, threatening crucial…
a Frenchman kidnapped in Port-au-Prince
The kidnapping took place in a residential area and was committed by a gang. Article written by Posted on 05/29/2022 16:10 Update on 05/29/2022 16:22 Reading time : 1 min.…
a Frenchman kidnapped in Port-au-Prince
The kidnapping took place in a residential area and was committed by a gang. Article written by Posted on 05/29/2022 16:10 Update on 05/29/2022 16:22 Reading time : 1 min.…
a Frenchman kidnapped in Port-au-Prince
The kidnapping took place in a residential area and was committed by a gang. Article written by Posted on 05/29/2022 16:10 Update on 05/29/2022 16:22 Reading time : 1 min.…
Bullets after bullets, Port-au-Prince is bogged down
(Port-au-Prince, Haiti) Cité-Soleil, Bel-Air or Village de Dieu: more and more neighborhoods in the region of the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince have fallen under the exclusive control of armed groups, since…