Gena Heraty - a director of a special needs program for children and adults at the Saint-Hélène orphanage in the commune of Kescoff - was released alongside seven others.
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Ransoms have surged as Haiti struggles with widespread gang violence, particularly around its capital Port-au-Prince.
Gena Heraty was abducted at orphanage she ran along with seven Haitian colleagues and a three-year-old child ...
Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, who were kidnapped in July after gunmen stormed an orphanage in Haiti have been freed, the Irish government and relatives of the missionary said.
Gena Heraty's family thanks those who "worked tirelessly" to secure her safe return.
More than a year after a contingent of Kenyan police arrived in Haiti, the United States is proposing to replace the force with something bigger and better financed.
The United States announced it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new "Gang Suppression Force" to help tackle escalating violence in Haiti where the armed groups are expanding their brutal activities from the capital into the countryside ...
US and Panama proposed a security force meant to counter gangs, despite setbacks with an existing policing operation.
State authority is crumbling across Haiti while gang violence engulfs the capital Port-au-Prince and beyond, "paralysing daily life and forcing families to flee," UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday.
Haitians are enduring a "perfect storm of suffering" the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday as gang violence continues to paralyse daily life across the island. Around 1.3 million people - half of them ...