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22 Mar
Negotiations to form a Haitian transitional council advanced on Wednesday as gang violence spread to an upmarket suburb. The United States airlifted more citizens to safety but said no military decisions have been made.
20 Mar
People report incidents of shooting and looting, with bullet-ridden bodies found in an upscale neighborhood. Meanwhile, a UN agency warned of "famine and malnutrition."
19 Mar
Haiti has had a long history of unrest and violence. How did the country get to this point? And why do gangs now wield power?
15 Mar
Kenya's president delays the country's controversial commitment to send a police force to tackle violent gangs in Haiti. Also, Rwanda upholds an election ban on opposition leader and government critic Victoire Ingabire. And more kidnappings in Kaduna state in northern Nigeria this week ramp up fears.
14 Mar
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made his first public appearance on Thursday since his early release from jail. He visited a Bangkok shrine in the morning before flying to the city of Chiang Mai in the north, his birthplace.
14 Mar
Kenya says it is delaying the planned deployment of at least 1,000 police officers to Haiti to fight gang violence. This follows an announcement by Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would resign.
14 Mar
Kenyan officials say they are still committed to sending police officers to Haiti to combat gang violence. But after Haiti's PM agreed to quit, Kenya's deployment has been put on ice until a new government is installed.
12 Mar
The head of the International Organization for Migration called Port-au-Prince a city under siege. The US airlifted nonessential embassy staff out and the German ambassador and EU representatives also left on Sunday.
12 Mar
Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti's poor a consequence of the unrelenting gang attacks that have paralyzed the country for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods
7 Mar
Following the surge of coordinated gang attacks in Haiti, a multinational security support mission will be deployed. Several nations, including Benin, Chad and Bangladesh, are willing to join the UN-ratified mission to battle Haiti's gangs.
5 Mar
The White House said it was "monitoring Haiti's rapidly deteriorating security situation with great concern." Gang leader Jimmy Cherizier has pledged to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.
29 Feb
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, said on Monday that Benin had offered 2,000 troops for a Kenya-led mission to tackle gang violence in Haiti.

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