On Thursday, August 28, 2025, the Organization of American States (OAS) held high-level meetings in support of the Roadmap for Stability and Peace in Haiti. These meetings, attended by representatives of the Haitian government, OAS member and observer states, and other key stakeholders supporting Haiti, garnered broad support for the Roadmap, its objectives, and its … Continue reading Haiti – Politic : The OAS is holding more meetings on the roadmap
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Secretary General Albert Ramdin presented a revised $2.6 billion roadmap for Haiti, stressing urgent security needs and national leadership as member states questioned funding clarity August 20, 2025 by Juhakenson Blaise Overview: OAS Secretary General Albert Ramdin presented a revised $2.6 billion roadmap to support Haiti’s stability, featuring a $1.3 billion security fund as its core. … Continue reading OAS unveils $2.6B Haiti roadmap with $1.3B security fund, sparking debate over funding
Erik Prince, founder of Blackwater, is seen climbing into an armoured personnel carrier during a police and military presentation, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, in April 2025. The security firm Vectus Global, which is run by Prince, will soon deploy nearly 200 personnel from various countries to Haiti as part of a deal to quell gang violence … Continue reading Haiti looks to Erik Prince’s security firm Vectus Global to help battle gangs
© WFP/Pedro Rodrigues UN staff move around Haiti on helicopters due to the lack of security on the ground. 12 August 2025 Peace and Security During her final briefing as resident and humanitarian coordinator for Haiti, Ulrika Richardson struggled to describe the realities of life in Haiti. “I often feel that I cannot even find words any longer to … Continue reading The world has the tools to end Haiti’s crisis – it’s time to use them
The former will contract by 1.5% and the latter by 2.3%, amid modest regional progress. Latin America and the Caribbean will experience moderate growth in 2025, with two exceptions: Cuba and Haiti. According to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), they will be the only national economies in the region to … Continue reading Cuba and Haiti, only two regional economies set to decline in 2025, according to ECLAC
By Daisy Handfield, Sun, Jul 27, 2025 Commissioner of Police, Fitz Bailey, and Premier Charles Washington Misick said they believe Haitian gang-related violence is behind the Turks and Caicos Islands’ first known mass shooting; a brutal attack, which occurred in the early hours of Sunday, July 27, 2025, at the Island Hookah Lounge on Leeward Highway, … Continue reading TCI PREMIER, POLICE COMMISSIONER LINK MASS SHOOTING TO HAITIAN GANG VIOLENCE
A Kenyan police officer patrols the area near the international airport in Port-au-Prince on July 3, 2024. The Haitian National Police is receiving some support in fighting gangs from a United Nations-backed mission led by Kenyan police. (Odelyn Joseph/The Associated Press) Geoff Nixon · CBC News · Posted: Jul 25, 2025 Haiti's battle against criminal gangs has leaned into the … Continue reading As Haiti turns to lethal drones to fight gangs, Canada is among those who are uneasy
By Jacqueline Charles July 11, 2025 For days, the message circulated on WhatsApp chats, warning of an imminent attack. The message, which claimed to be from Jeff Laros, the sanctioned leader of Haiti’s so-called Taliban gang, didn’t specify when or where. But residents of Lascahobas, an important trading point between Haiti and the Dominican Republic, stood … Continue reading Haiti gangs’ expansion, human-rights violations, threaten whole Caribbean, UN warns
Dolores Vicioso Jul 15, 2025 The United Nations Security Council decided on 14 July 2025 to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) until 31 January 2026 as Council members spotlighted the Office’s critical support to a country in the throes of multi-dimensional crisis. Through the unanimous adoption of resolution … Continue reading The UN Security Council extends mission in Haiti
Haitian National Police display the seized bags containing the packets of cocaine after intercepting three boats near Isle De La Tortue on July 13, 2025. Photo courtesy/ PNH website. This is a big win for the PNH, and for Canada (and the United States) which was probably where it was headed. Haitian police call the … Continue reading PNH seized record 1.05 tonnes of cocaine in historic raid