Chad is getting ready to deploy some 800 police officers to Haiti. They’ll join an international effort aimed at tackling widespread gang activity in the Caribbean nation.

The United Nations' expert on human rights in Haiti said it has a chance now to tackle gang violence with a U.S.-initiated ...

"We feel like we've gotten more commitments than spots we've got available for the Gang Suppression Force." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. View of the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mssion base located near Port-au-Prince's international Airport (Jose ...

The Gang Suppression Force the U.S. is proposing for Haiti would be far larger, more like a military in makeup and more lethal than the current police-led Kenyan mission, the top U.S. diplomat in Port ...

UNITED NATIONS — The United States announced Thursday that it is seeking U.N. authorization for a new “Gang Suppression Force” to help tackle the escalating violence in Haiti, where armed groups have ...

US, Panama seek to remodel, expand existing security operation New operation would be based on voluntary contributions Security experts concerned about lack of funds, coordination PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug ...

As the United States prepares to bolster Haiti’s fight against increasingly brutal armed gangs, a new report is urging officials and mission planners to heed the lessons of the recent Kenya-led ...

ABUJA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said it killed scores of armed gang members in a joint air and ground operation in a forested region in the northwest, an area plagued by mass abductions ...

Military troops hit Johannesburg’s crime-ridden townships as President Cyril Ramaphosa escalates his war against gang violence and illegal mining syndicates threatening the country’s democracy.

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. By Frances Robles The Trump ...