But when 100 armed men targeted Pétion-Ville and started killing Kenscoff’s residents on Jan. 27 after using donkeys to secretly transport their weapons, Haiti’s security forces didn’t move ...

Masillon Jean, mayor of Kenscoff, says he’s fighting to reestablish security in his mountainside rural community, south of Haiti’s capital, after armed gangs launched a full scale attack on ...

T he upper-middle-class community of Kenscoff, which overlooks Haiti’s ... another 18 of their members were killed by security forces and self-defense groups in the Thomassin area of Pétion-Ville.

In response to Haiti’s worsening crisis, the OAS adopted a resolution calling for urgent regional coordination and a 45-day ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavily armed gangs in Haiti have attacked a neighborhood that's home to most of the country's elite and had been largely untouched by criminals, and police have ...

Last year, more than 5,600 people across Haiti were killed, according to the U.N. Gang violence also has left more than one million people homeless in recent years.

A Kenyan police officer patrols an area in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025. Credit: AP/Odelyn Joseph By The Associated Press February 18, 2025 ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE – At least three Haitian soldiers were killed in an apparent gang ambush Sunday in a town on the outskirts of Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince, Haitian authorities confirmed.

Students and teachers at an overcrowded, structurally unsafe school in Kenscoff, Haiti, are closer than ever to realizing their dream of having a much-improved space for their studies, thanks to ...

Students and teachers at École Presbytérale Jean Paul II in Kenscoff, Haiti, are closer to realizing the dream of working in a safe, comfortable environment, thanks to Food For The Poor (FFTP ...

Police officers stand guard during an anti-gang operation in the Kenscoff neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph ...