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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Friday that Canada strongly condemns a new surge of “horrifying violence” perpetrated by gangs in Haiti. Gang violence has increased in the Caribbean nation in recent weeks and the UN says gangs now control 85 per cent of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. CBC | World News
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CBC News gets rare access to Port-au-Prince as Haiti deals with gang crisis
CBC News’s Paul Hunter travels with the World Food Program from the port city of Cap-Haïtien to Port-au-Prince to witness the cataclysmic humanitarian crisis and efforts to bring food and aid to millions of Haitians. CBC | World News
Read More »Canadian Forces personnel deploy to Jamaica to train troops for Haiti mission
Approximately 70 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) members were deployed to Jamaica on Friday to train military personnel from several Caribbean countries who are bound for Haiti as part of a multinational security force led by Kenya and backed by the United Nations. CBC | World News
Read More »50 Canadians evacuated from Haiti as violence continues
Fifty Canadian citizens were evacuated by helicopter from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince to neighbouring Dominican Republic as gang violence continues to create chaos in the streets. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada launches ‘assisted departure’ program to get vulnerable citizens out of Haiti as violence worsens
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Read More »Canadians in Haiti feel abandoned by their own government as they try to escape worsening violence
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Read More »Haiti expat gripped by fear as mother and young niece stuck in violence-ridden nation
Patrice Millet said his niece was nearly kidnapped as he warned violence has continued to escalate across Port-au-Prince. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »The world is sending soldiers back to Haiti — this time without Canada’s help
Canadians have been asking CBC News how — and why — this country is involved in the international response to the current state of anarchy and widespread gang violence in Haiti. The answers are complicated — because Canada’s involvement is much more limited than it might appear. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada evacuates some embassy staff in Haiti as violence engulfs capital
Canada has announced that it is temporarily reducing the number of Canadian embassy staff in Haiti due to the volatile security situation in the capital. CBC | World News
Read More »Should Canada intervene in Haiti?
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