Haiti's transitional council president Leslie Voltaire said in an interview on Wednesday that a date for the Caribbean nation's long-awaited general elections has been fixed for around Nov. 15 of this year.

Since Monday, a coalition of armed gangs in Haiti have waged war on mountaintop communities above Port-au-Prince, the capital. Local officials say gangs set fire to homes and killed farmers and livestock.

As Haiti’s crisis deepens, marked by rampant gang violence and political instability, French President Emmanuel Macron has urged the United Nations to consider a peacekeeping mission. Macron met on

The latest attacks occurred a day after gangs shot up an armored vehicle belonging to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti.

The first of two journalists recently killed by gangs while covering the failed reopening of Haiti’s largest public hospital has been buried.

More than 5,601 people in Haiti were killed in Haiti last year as a result of gang violence, about a thousand more than in 2023, the UN said.

The Haitian people must have the security and freedom to engage in daily activities without fear – whether it’s going to work, school, or a house of worship,” said Ambassador Shea.

Colombian President Gustavo Petro is visiting Haiti as part of a whirlwind trip to strengthen ties with the violence-wracked country

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The young boy wore a suit and bow tie to his stepfather’s funeral on Saturday, where he demanded a handkerchief and wiped tears off his mother’s face as they ...

who was killed by gang members on Christmas Eve while covering the reopening of a hospital, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph)

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman lies on the ground wailing during the funeral service of journalist Marckendy Natoux, who was killed ...

Haiti’s gangs caused thousands of deaths and the displacement of over a million people in the past year, according to the UN, highlighting the extreme humanitarian consequences of their increasing control over the country.