Kenyan special forces police arrive in Haiti to help the country fight its armed gangs.
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There is a long, and often ugly, history of foreign intervention in Haiti.
Much of Haiti is in the control of armed gang leaders such as Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Cherizier.
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Kenya’s William Ruto will meet President Joe Biden during a rare US state visit from an African leader − and one that comes as Haiti’s crisis spirals.
Haitians deported from the Dominican Republic head back across the border.
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With legal routes to the US curtailed, many Haitians are looking to cross the border into the Dominican Republic − but a shaky reception awaits.
Educator Mary McLeod Bethune regularly wrote of her travels abroad.
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A former archivist at Mary McLeod Bethune’s last residence in Washington, DC, recounts how the experience led her to see Bethune as a global figure.
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Children’s rights are often violated in times of war.
The men’s dormitory at a new center for asylum-seekers in Portland, Maine.
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People who enter the US as refugees or with asylum generally adapt quickly and become productive members of society. But cities need help getting them settled and employed.
A Palestinian girl holds aloft an empty bowl to protest food shortages in Gaza on March 12, 2024.
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In Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere around the globe, famine affects increasing numbers of people.
Hanadi Alashi points to Palestinian family members in a photo at her home in Ottawa on Dec. 1, 2023. Alashi is one of many Canadians who have applied for family members to come to Canada under a special extended family visa program created in response to the conflict in Gaza.
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Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
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The armed gangs of Haiti have a very clear assessment of their power as movers and shakers of the country’s future.
Police officers take cover during a protest against insecurity in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
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Kenya’s deployment to Haiti would contribute towards the country’s role in enhancing global peace and security.
A demonstrator waves a Haitian flag during protests calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince on March 1, 2024. The current crisis demands both time, and a new approach from the international community.
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Haiti will be able to emerge from the crisis it is in if it has a strong public administration and co-ordinated international aid from countries that respect human rights.
Chaos on the streets of Port-au-Prince.
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Can a multinational security mission provide Haiti with a stable future? Not without sustained funding for after the troops leave.
The leader between the violence in Haiti, Jimmy Chérizier, speaking to the media in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 2021.
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Haiti is descending into anarchy, causing the gang leader behind the violence to emerge as the country’s most powerful leader.
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Haiti is facing a wave of chaos as gang violence grips the country.
An engraving from 1992 representing a voodoo rite in Haiti.
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Shows, movies and day-to-day language promote myths about voodoo that reinforce more than a century of stereotypes and discrimination, writes a scholar of Africana studies.
The 1802 Battle of Crête-à-Pierrot was part of Napoléon’s effort to retake Haiti − then known as Saint-Domingue − and reestablish slavery in the colony.
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Leaving out the history of Napoléon’s brutal subjugation of Haiti is akin to making a movie about Hitler without mentioning the Holocaust.
People displaced by gang violence shelter at a gymnasium in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in August 2023.
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The security situation in Haiti must change – but another UN intervention may not be the way this happens.
Haitian authorities are fighting a losing battle against organized gangs.
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The recent kidnapping of a US nurse has put a focus on the plight of Haitians living with organized crime every day. But few governments are willing to intervene.
Police officers take cover during an anti-gang operation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in April 2023, a day after a mob in the Haitian capital pulled 13 suspected gang members from police custody at a traffic stop, beat and burned them to death with gasoline-soaked tires.
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The UN is calling for a specialized support force in Haiti, where urban gangs are terrorizing the population and people are starving. Why won’t Canada step up to help?
Honduran migrants head for the United States in 2019.
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US immigration policies have not deterred migration, but they have made the process longer and more difficult for migrants.