Americas
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Haiti: ‘Very critical situation on the ground,’ warns Humanitarian Coordinator
Gang violence in Haiti continues to escalate, displacing thousands from Port-au-Prince and straining already limited aid resources, according to the…
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Haiti: Massive surge in child armed group recruitment, warns UNICEF
The ongoing emergency in Haiti is crushing children’s chances of an education and a better future as scores of youngsters…
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Haiti: Over one million displaced by gang violence
Ongoing gang violence in Haiti has displaced more than a million people, nearly a tenth of the population, or three…
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Haiti: Gang violence displaces 6,000 people in one month
More than 6,000 people in Haiti have been forced from their homes by gang violence in almost a month, hampering…
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Colombia: Fleeing the thunder of violence in Catatumbo
Around 80,000 people in northeastern Colombia are suffering the devastating consequences of an armed conflict that escalated on 15 January…
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Guterres urges Caribbean leaders to keep pushing for peace, climate action
In an address on Wednesday to Caribbean leaders meeting in Barbados, UN Secretary-General António Guterres announced a potential plan to…
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Airing climate justice in Costa Rica on World Radio Day
Quality radio remains ever universal, popular and more reliable in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media, including…
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First Person: Bodies of children in Haiti have turned into ‘battlegrounds’
Armed groups in Haiti are inflicting “unimaginable horrors” on children, turning their “bodies into battlegrounds”, according to the UN Children’s…
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Human rights situation in Haiti remains ‘very alarming’, UN report finds
Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to a new report from the UN…
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Haiti: ‘I was deported to a country I never lived in’
Migrants who have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti – the two Caribbean nations that share the island…
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