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A Haitian gang leader reportedly ordered the murder of elderly people based on advice from a voodoo priest, sparking a massacre in Port-au-Prince.
One of Haiti's most vulnerable and impoverished communities is recovering from a gang attack that targeted a hospital serving as a lifeline for many.
Scores are dead and thousands trapped amid days of violent clashes between warring gangs in Cité Soleil.
Gunfire is part of life in Cité Soleil — the most densely populated part of the Haitian capital and the heart of Port-au-Prince’s gang wars.
At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti's portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier this month, the United Nations said in a report on Monday, revising up ...
Jose Ulysse, founder and director of the Fontaine Hospital Center in the sprawling Cite Soleil slum in the capital of Port-au-Prince, confirmed the incident in a brief message exchange with The ...
The 24-year-old was returning with seven others from a downtown market last March to their homes in Cité Soleil, the capital’s largest shantytown, when they were attacked by armed gang members.
Jose Ulysse, founder and director of the Fontaine Hospital Center in the sprawling Cite Soleil slum in the capital of Port-au-Prince, confirmed the incident in a brief message exchange with The ...
Haiti govt says around 180 killed in Cite Soleil, most elderly NGO says gang leader ordered massacre over witchcraft fears International security support continues to lag Gangs have killed around ...
Among those killed on Wednesday was a high-ranking member of the Simon-Pelé gang, which operates on the outskirts of Cité-Soleil, the newspaper Le Nouvelliste reported.
And no one bats an eye. Gunfire is part of daily life here in Cite Soleil — the most densely populated part of the Haitian capital and the heart of Port-au-Prince’s gang wars.
(Reuters) -Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a gang leader ...