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64 HAITIAN NATIONALS DEPORTED AND 18 FOREIGN NATIONALS CONVICTED
FILE PHOTO Nassau – Today, the Deportation and Removal Units successfully executed the deportation of sixty-four (64) Haitian nationals, 51 males and 13 females, from Lynden Pindling International Airport to Cap-Haitien, Haiti onboard a Bahamasair...

UN: Italy concerned about humanitarian crisis in Haiti
Italy today expressed "deep concern" over "the humanitarian and security crisis" in Haiti. Speaking as part of the Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner's Oral Update on Haiti, within the framework of the 60th session of the Human Rights...

Dominican Republic asks Russia, China to help fight gangs in Haiti
Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader sent letters to Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, asking them to support the Multinational Security Support Mission for Haiti that was authorized by the...

We are proud! Murkomen says of cops in Haiti
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen during the Jukwaa la Usalama forum at KSG in Nariobi on October 2, 2025/MINA Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has praised Kenyan police officers serving in Haiti describing them as a...
HAITI-HEALTH-PAHO/WHO sign country cooperation strategy with Haiti

Kenya Welcomes United Nations Security Council’s Decision to Transition Haiti Mission to Gang Suppression Force
On Thursday, October 2, 2025, Kenya expressed strong support for the United Nations Security Council’s unanimous decision to transition the leadership of a critical security mission in Haiti from the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS)...
PAHO/WHO and Haiti sign a new Cooperation Strategy
Haiti - Health : PAHO/WHO and Haiti sign a new Cooperation Strategy 02/10/2025 09:25:06 On Wednesday, October 1, 2025, on the sidelines of the 62nd PAHO Directing Council during a bilateral meeting at the Organization's headquarters in Washington,...

Kenya Welcomes Transition as New International Force Takes Over Security in Haiti
Kenya has welcomed the handover of international security duties in Haiti to a new United Nations-backed force, closing a difficult chapter in its own deployment there. The UN Security Council this week approved the creation of the Gang...

Fighting back against the gangs: What is Haiti’s new UN-backed force?
© UNICEF/Ralph Tedy Erol People continue to flee their homes in Port-au-Prince due to gang-related violence. This article is published in association with United Nations. As gangs in Haiti continue to expand the areas under their control and show...

Un Security Council Approves New ‘suppression Force’ For Haiti Ami
The UN Security Council on Tuesday authorized a new multinational Gang Suppression Force (GSF) in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led security support mission, amid escalating gang violence, widespread rights abuses and a humanitarian emergency...

Kenya welcomes new military force in Haiti as MSS mission ends
Kenyan police officers, Port-au-Prince, January 18, 2025. REUTERS Audio By Vocalize The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the transition of the Haiti security mission from the Kenya-led Multinational Security Support (MSS) to the Gang...

Govt Addresses Kenya Police Leaving Haiti
The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, has said that it is unclear whether the Kenyan police leading the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti will remain there or not, following the establishment of a new Gang Suppression...

UN urges international community to support establishment of new office in Haiti
Soldiers battling gangs in Haiti. (Photo: CMC) UNITED NATIONS (CMC) — The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday urged the international community to fund a new UN Support Office in Haiti, less than 24 hours after the Security Council adopted a...

Haiti’s Hunger Crisis: Artibonite’s Fields Turn to Fear as Gangs Tighten Their Grip
In Haiti’s fertile Artibonite Valley, once celebrated for its rice fields and proud farming traditions, armed gangs now dictate who eats and who starves. Families like that of Fleuranta Cilné survive on handouts, trapped between violence and...

Haiti awaits Gang Suppression Force
The UN Security Council adopted a resolution authorizing the deployment of 5,500 troops to Haiti to replace the Multinational Security Support Mission (MMAS). This document was approved by 12 countries, with three nations abstaining, according to...

iciHaiti - Health : Training on non-communicable diseases
iciHaiti - Health : Training on non-communicable diseases 30/09/2025 10:44:22 The West Health Directorate (DSO) of the Ministry of Public Health, in collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), organized two training sessions in...

Lawmakers’ Health Care, Government Shutdown Claims
Democrats and Republicans have sparred over Democratic demands to address health care issues in a government funding bill, with the standoff leading to the first government shutdown since 2019. We’ll provide the facts on two talking points each...

PAHO and Haiti sign first country cooperation strategy to strengthen health system and expand access to care amid complex challenges
Washington, D.C., 1 October 2025 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO) and the Government of Haiti signed the 2026–2028 Country Cooperation Strategy (CCS), the first cooperation framework of its kind...

iciHaiti - Diplomacy : Discover the Haitian Ambassador to Canada
iciHaiti - Diplomacy : Discover the Haitian Ambassador to Canada 01/10/2025 09:50:19 Anthony Dessources is the new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Haiti to Canada, a position he has held since September 24, 2025,...

UN Security Council approves larger security force to fight gangs in Haiti
In the latest international effort to bring peace to Haiti, the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday approved a larger gang-fighting force of police officers and soldiers from around the world to try to stop the killings, rapes and...