The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and the boys know how to use them. One ...

Residents flee their homes to escape gang violence in the Nazon neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph) ...

A new UNICEF Child Alert highlights an unprecedented displacement crisis in Haiti as violence and collapsing services push children to the brink. Without an immediate injection of resources, UNICEF ...

The United Nations on Thursday added Haiti’s powerful gang alliance "Viv Ansanm" to its list of groups violating children’s rights in conflicts. The coalition, accused of abuses, was named in a UN ...

Gangs have attacked another town in Haiti's central region, killing at least four people, including an 11-year-old child, a human rights activist told The Associated Press on Monday. At least 15 other ...

US, Panama draft resolution for another force with ground support Existing UN-backed force remains under-manned, under-funded UN says gangs' recruitment of children has surged, including use of child ...

Fifteen-year-old Ania was raped by several men as she was fetching water, one of hundreds of thousands of young victims of gang violence that has engulfed Haiti and turned children's lives into a ...

Multiple threats to children’s health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence and displacement. A look at what UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently needed ...

Currently, between 30% to 50% of all gang members in the violence-wracked country are children, according to the U.N. “This is a very concerning trend,” said Geeta Narayan, UNICEF’s representative in ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past year, according to a report released Monday by ...