Dhaka | Dhaka City | Bangladeshi News
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Gang violence in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince left 30 residents dead and more than a dozen injured, a local human rights group said Thursday. The attacks also torched homes in the city’s Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood and killed two police officers, according to a provisional toll provided to AFP by the National Human Rights Defense Network. The neighborhood […]
Hurtado said that in the first two weeks of March alone, at least 208 people were killed, 164 injured and 101 kidnapped in gang clashes. “Most of the victims were killed or wounded by snipers, who were reportedly shooting randomly at people’s homes or on the streets,” he added. Students and teachers have been killed […]
Canadian patrol aircraft will provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to enhance peacekeeping and peacekeeping efforts and will remain in the area for “several days”, the Canadian government said. In October, the United Nations suggested sending a “Rapid Action Force” to Haiti to combat rising violence from armed gangs, whose fighting has killed hundreds and […]
Henry returned Thursday afternoon from a trip to Argentina for a conference, according to two sources at the airport. Haiti’s national police and the prime minister’s office did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Wittelhomme gang killed four police officers near the capital last week, while seven other officers were killed in a […]
Overall, 4.7 million people – nearly half of Haiti’s population – face severe food insecurity. The country is also facing a resurgence of a deadly cholera outbreak, with thousands of suspected cases. Earlier this month, UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Haiti was “on the brink of an abyss.” Many families survive on remittances, […]
