Gangs in Haiti are guilty of widespread crimes against children, including rape and killing, Amnesty International has said. In a new report published on Wednesday, the NGO said that escalating ...

Gang violence in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, and the surrounding locality has produced a wave of human rights abuses against children, Amnesty International reported on Wednesday. Violence by ...

Haiti's rampant criminal gangs are luring more children into lives of crime and sexual abuse, as hunger and poverty in the tiny Caribbean nation drive young people to desperation, according to a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Young people mingle at a displacement camp in Leogane, Haiti. Children area among large number of Haitians who have been forced ...

As gangs continue to “terrorise” communities in Haiti, children are the ones paying the highest price, the UN Special ...

UNICEF’s Executive Director calls on the international community to step up and support humanitarian response and recovery efforts in Haiti as children and families continue to suffer: “Now is the ...

Hunger and poverty are compelling Haitian children to join criminal groups, according to a Human Rights Watch report published on Wednesday. Children who become part of criminal groups are forced into ...

Gang rule in Haiti has led to a staggering rise in sexual violence against children, the UN children's organisation Unicef has warned. The Caribbean island has been in the grip of violent gangs for ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000, according to a new UNICEF report released Wednesday that warns minors are increasingly ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — As a new multinational force musters in Haiti, its foreign police and soldiers could soon find themselves face-to-face with hundreds of children. Children make up about 50% of ...

Haiti’s powerful gangs nearly tripled their recruitment of children in 2025. This year, a new UN-backed security force has begun deploying – but for the thousands of children already caught up in ...

Multiple threats to children’s health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence and displacement. A look at what UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently needed ...