The UN agency for the protection of children reports a significant increase in the recruitment of children by gangs in Haiti. UNICEF estimates that children now make up 30 to 50 per cent of the country’s gang members. Gangs already control 85 per cent of Port-au-Prince and, with more children on the frontline, aim to take full control of the capital. For Haiti’s children—millions caught in the crossfire, unable to attend school, or driven to join armed gangs due to extreme poverty—the situation is particularly dire. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ […]
A group of Kenyan police waved their national flag as they arrived in Haiti for a controversial peacekeeping mission to combat the influence of powerful gangs. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
Four million people in the conflict-torn Caribbean suffer “acute food insecurity,” and one million are one step from famine, the UN Food Agency’s chief said Tuesday. Romain Le Cour, a Senior Expert at the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, joins Al Jazeera’s live from Paris. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #FoodInsecurity #HaitiCrisis #UNWarning #FamineRisk #1MillionAtRisk #HaitiFamine #GlobalAidNeeded #HumanitarianCrisis
In Haiti, violence has flared as gangs appear to be working together, to try to take over the capital. It’s happened while the prime minister is abroad – in a bid to secure international help to restore order. Al Jazeera’s Dmitry Medvedenko reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile #Haiti #HaitiGangViolence #HaitiUnrest #ArielHenry
In Ecuador, masked gang members broke into the studio of the state broadcaster and began firing at staff and taking hostages. . Tariq Nafi reports on the country’s gang violence crisis and why the media has become a target. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ajlisteningpost Find us on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ajlisteningpost Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Download AJE Mobile App : https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #news #breakingnews #ecuador #aljazeeraenglish #ajlisteningpost
The United Nations Security Council has authorised the deployment of a multi-national security force to Haiti. It’s designed to help the Haitian police battle heavily armed gangs that have become increasingly powerful there. But it’s not clear when the force will arrive, or who, other than Kenya, will contribute to it. Al Jazeera’s Shihab Rattansi reports from the UN headquarters in New York. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.io/AJEMobile @AljazeeraEnglish #AlJazeeraEnglish #News #Haiti #HaitiGangViolence #HaitiUnrest #ArielHenry #UN #UNSC #UnitedNations #UnitedNationsSecurityCouncil
El Salvador’s government has extended sweeping emergency measures used to crack down on powerful street gangs for another month. The government defends the measure as helping to dismantle ‘terrorist structures.’ They were first announced in March, and have been criticised by rights groups but the public seems to have embraced them. Al Jazeera’s John Holman reports Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #ElSalvador #Gang #Gangs #ElSalvador #Police #Arrests #Emergency
The latest gang fighting in Haiti started on Sunday, forcing thousands of people from their homes. Al Jazeera’s @Manuel Rapalo reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Haiti #GangViolence
El Salvador’s parliament has approved a state of emergency after at least 62 murders in a single day on Saturday, the most violent 24-hours since the end of the civil war in 1992. Here’s a look at what’s going on. #AlJazeeraNewsfeed #AlJazeeraenglish
The leader of a group of nine Haitian gangs, commonly referred to as G9, says his members are not responsible for kidnapping 17 foreign missionaries. The head of the group marched through Port-au-Prince, flanked by hundreds of residents in defence of his armed groups. Al Jazeera’s Manuel Rapalo reports Port-au-Prince, Haiti. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Haiti #kidnappings
