One of Haiti’s most powerful gang leaders says he would consider laying down weapons if armed groups were allowed to take part in talks to establish a new government. Groups led by Jimmy Chérizier, also known as Barbecue, are in control of most of the capital Port-au-Prince. He predicted the violence which has gripped Haiti […] The post Haiti: Gang
A prominent Haitian gang leader who escaped prison earlier this month has been shot dead by police – as political groups appear to be getting closer to finalising a transition council in the country. Ernst Julme, known as Ti Greg, was the head of Delmas 95 which is part of Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier’s alliance of […] The post Police
“Port-au-Prince is in panic mode,” a friend in the Haitian capital texted me. Residents of Petionville, a wealthier area of of the city, are shaken after their most violent day so far in the country’s spiralling security crisis. More than a dozen bullet-ridden bodies lay in the street – the victims of the latest gang […] The post Haiti
A top civil servant in Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has told the BBC that the planned deployment of police to Haiti is now on hold following the announcement by Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would be stepping down. Korir Sing’oei, principal secretary for foreign affairs, said without a political administration in Haiti […] The post Kenya to pause police
Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned, according to Mohamed Irfaan Ali, Guyana’s president and the current chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The 74-year-old Henry tendered his resignation after CARICOM leaders held an emergency summit on the situation in Haiti where gang-led violence amid repeatedly postponed elections has caused chaos. “We acknowledge his resignation […] The post Haiti’s
The Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Winnie Byanyima, has expressed grave concerns over the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Ghana, commonly known as the anti-gay bill. The legislation, which criminalizes and prohibits LGBT activities, was approved on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, sparking criticism […] The post Passage
Calm has been restored to Bawku in the Upper East region after unknown gunmen fired into a group of people at the community centre on Wednesday, January 17. The incident resulted in the death of three persons, while four others were injured. Residents are reported to have fled the area for fear of their lives. […] The post Calm restored to Bawku after violence appeared first on
A parliamentary candidate hopeful of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Odododiodioo constituency, Nii Kotey Ashie, has blamed the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the electoral violence often recorded in the area. According to him, the NPP has been importing people from outside the constituency to cause trouble in the area during elections, […] The post Nii
Russian police have cracked down on a large protest in the far eastern region of Bashkortostan after an activist was jailed. The protest broke out after a court in the town of Baymak sentenced Indigenous rights activist Fail Alsynov to four years in a penal colony on Wednesday. About 3,000 supporters were involved in the […] The post Protest turns violent as
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