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UN says gang violence, rape and impunity worsening in Haiti

Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Haitien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes in the past few months, the UN chief said in a report circulated Wednesday.

France 24

Kenya signs defence agreement with United States ahead of planned deployment to Haiti

Washington and Nairobi have signed a defence agreement that will see Kenya receive resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence.

Radio France Internationale

US and Kenya sign defence deal ahead of possible Haiti mission

Kenyan Defence Minister Aden Duale says country ready to deploy to Haiti to help tackle gang violence.

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US and Kenya sign defense agreement ahead of planned Haiti deployment

The U.S. and Kenya have signed a defense agreement that will see the East African nation get resources and support for security deployments as it is poised to lead a multi-national peacekeeping mission to Haiti to combat gang violence

The Independent UK

US pledges $100 million to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti

The Biden administration pledged $100 million on Friday to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions.

France 24

US pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti

The Biden administration is pledging $100 million to support a proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to restore security to conflict-ravaged Haiti and urged other nations to make similar contributions

The Independent UK

US says Haiti security mission could deploy ‘in months’, urges support

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US ready to provide ‘financial and logistical’ aid to proposed Haiti deployment.

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Haiti’s most powerful gang boss calls for uprising to overthrow prime minister

Jimmy ‘Barbecue’ Chérizier issued call to arms as US looks to UN to approve Kenya-led mission to stem country’s growing violence

The Guardian - US

Haiti's government to oversee canal project that prompted Dominican Republic to close all borders

Haiti’s government is doubling down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that prompted the neighboring Dominican Republic last week to shutter land, air and sea borders that both countries share

The Independent UK

Kenya's president is committing his country to lead a multinational force to Haiti to combat gangs

Kenya’s president is committing his country to lead a multinational force in Haiti to combat gang warfare even as residents of both countries question the plan being pushed by the United States government

The Independent UK

Biden urges UN Security Council to authorise international mission to Haiti

US president calls for approval of a ‘security support mission’ as Caribbean nation faces deadly gang violence.

Al Jazeera

Migrants burst into southern Mexico asylum office demanding papers

Migrants, mostly from Haiti, have burst into an asylum office in southern Mexico to demand papers

The Independent UK

Poem of the week: To Toussaint Louverture by William Wordsworth

Published months before Louverture’s death in a French prison, Wordworth’s homage to the leader of the 1791 Haiti revolution is full of Romantic signifiers

The Guardian - UK

Dominican Republic's president stands resolute on his closing of all borders with Haiti

The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river that runs through both countries

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Haiti’s gangs: partnership and political change is needed

Editorial: Desperate residents have few options but are cynical about the impact of a multinational mission to stem the violence

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic closes all borders with Haiti as tensions rise on island both countries share

The Dominican Republic has shut all land, air and sea borders with Haiti over a dispute about construction of a canal on Haitian soil, as armed Dominican soldiers patrol entry points and military planes roar overhead

The Independent UK

Dominican Republic to close all borders despite push to resolve diplomatic crisis

The president of the Dominican Republic says he will close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday despite a flurry of last-minute meetings to prevent him from taking such action

The Independent UK

Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute

Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that country’s president to close all borders in response to a row over the construction of a supposed canal

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The Independent UK

Dominican president suspends visas for Haitians and threatens to close border with its neighbor

The president of the Dominican Republic says he has suspended issuing visas to Haitians, and he is threatening to shut down land, air and sea traffic between the two neighbors over their latest dispute

Reason

My New "The Hill" Article on Dubious Lawsuit Challenging Immigration Parole Program for Migrants Fleeing Socialism, Oppression, and Violence in Four Latin American Nations

The case was filed by 20 red states seeking to dismantle the CNVH program extending the successful Uniting for Ukraine policy to migrants fleeing Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Haiti.

The Guardian - UK

Mohamed Al Fayed obituary

Former owner of Harrods and Fulham FC whose stormy relationship with British institutions denied him citizenship

Al Jazeera

US deports dozens to Haiti despite telling citizens to leave country

Rights advocate says more than 60 Haitians were sent back to the Caribbean nation struggling with escalating violence.

The Independent UK

UN says number of people killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti rose 14% in recent months

The U.N. says 1,860 people have been reported killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June

Al Jazeera

Possible Kenya-led mission to Haiti prompts growing calls for safeguards

Rights advocates say framework needed due to Kenya’s domestic police record, grim history of intervention in Haiti.

The Independent UK

Haitian judge interviews Colombian suspects for the first time since the president was assassinated

A judge in Haiti is for the first time interrogating some of the 18 Colombian suspects arrested more than two years ago in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse

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