Stranded Haiti aid worker describes city under siege: ‘Fear and bewilderment’
Matt Knight, a British aid worker, tells of ferocious gun battles between security forces and gangs that keep him up at night Haiti: what caused...
Month : March 2024
The Boy and the Heron, Hayao Miyazaki’s last film, wins Oscar for best animation
Master Japanese director wins his second Oscar for story of a young boy searching for his mother during the second world war Oscars 2024: full...
Boris Johnson ‘held unofficial talks with president of Venezuela in February’
Former PM apparently met autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro over concerns he may supply weapons to Russia Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela in February for unofficial...
US reportedly airlifts embassy staff out of Haiti as gangs besiege political area
Officials say marines deployed for night-time evacuation amid intense fighting in Port-au-Prince The US has reportedly started airlifting embassy staff out of Haiti under the...
Search continues for hundreds of kidnapped Nigerian schoolchildren
Two mass abductions were the latest in a series of group kidnappings by gunmen Nigerian security forces continued to search forests and set up roadblocks...
Is the feared gang boss ‘Barbecue’ now the most powerful man in Haiti?
Jimmy Chérizier says he’s leading Haiti’s poor against corrupt government forces but experts point to a dark and violent past Murals in the pauperized Haitian...
Haiti crisis: gangs attack police stations as Caribbean leaders call for emergency meeting
National palace guards set up security ring after gangs attack at least three police stations in Port-au-Prince Explainer: what caused Haiti’s gang violence crisis Police...
Eight children and an adult die in Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat
Another 78 people taken to hospital after consuming delicacy, which is known to cause food poisoning Eight children and an adult have died after eating...
Nigeria: gunmen kidnap 15 children in dawn raid on school
Attackers force their way into school days after 300 children abducted in different Nigerian state Gunmen kidnapped at least 15 pupils from a school in...
Helicopter patrolling US-Mexico border crashes killing three
Chopper in federal government’s border security mission went down near Rio Grande City, leaving two national guard soldiers and a border patrol agent dead A...
