Government must use lethal force against armed groups, transitional government head tells the FT amid ‘kamikaze’ drone campaign ...

When there is a weakness, we look for other people to support the national police,” says Fritz Alphonse Jean, head of the nine-member presidential transitional council.

The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of its political mission in Haiti, agreeing that the ...

Senior UN officials warn that Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital, and authorities are unable to ...

Haitian gangs now have "near-total control" of the country's capital, the United Nations is warning, as the transitional government continues to be unable to contain the criminal groups.

Finance Minister Alfred Métellus told the outlet that drones could help efforts to fight gangs but only if thousands of additional security personnel are deployed on the ground. FT reporter Joe ...

Between October 2024 and June 2025, 4,864 people have been killed in Haiti amid worsening gang violence nationwide.

Haiti's gangs have gained "near-total control" of the capital and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across ...

The Caribbean faces a new and urgent threat: weaponised drones in criminal hands are rapidly proliferating into the hands of criminal actors, non‑state militias, and private contractors. What began as ...

Over nearly 100 years, the hotel survived political upheaval, military occupation, and earthquakes, the steadfast cultural ...

Warfare in the skies has arrived in Haiti. The country’s government has been in a vicious and, up until now, losing battle with heavily armed gangs. Over the course of the past year gangsters ...

Since drone attacks targeting gangs started in March, they have killed more than 200 people, according to Pierre Esperance, who runs a leading human rights organization in Port-au-Prince.