The United Nations Security Council on Monday extended the mandate of its political mission in Haiti, agreeing that the ...

By Vibhu Mishra Amid runaway gang violence and crumbling state authority, the Security Council on Monday unanimously extended ...

The mandate supports the broader Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission, in which Kenya is playing a leading role.

Carlos Ruiz Massieu, a seasoned Mexican diplomat, was appointed on July 2 as head of the UN mission in Haiti amid a worsening ...

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 ...

The decision comes as armed gangs maintain their grip on most of the capital, Port-au-Prince, with over 1.3 million people displaced and more than 4,000 killed in the first half of 2025 alone, ...

Ambassador to Haiti, Henry Wooster, says his priority is to address the security situation in the French-speaking Caribbean ...

Senior UN officials warn that Haiti’s gangs have gained “near-total control” of the capital, and authorities are unable to stop escalating violence across the impoverished Caribbean nation.

Colombia has changed profoundly since the 2016 peace deal, but uneven state presence, lingering armed groups and mounting ...

Months after making his first visit to Haiti, Colombian President Gustavo Petro returned Friday — this time landing in a gang-ridden Port-au-Prince accompanied by two of his top ministers in an ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti’s gangs have gained ... and previously were estimated to control 85% of the capital. Haiti has not had a president since the assassination. A U.N.-backed mission led by ...

Haiti has been caught in a vicious and unending cycle. First, gang violence expanded westward into the Artibonite and Centre ...