The UN warns that gang control over most of Haiti’s capital is worsening the hunger crisis and blocking humanitarian aid.
Nearly 90% of Port‑au‑Prince is under armed groups’ control, restricting farmers’ access to markets and leaving families increasingly food insecure. About 1.3 million people have been displaced, many taking shelter in overcrowded schools and public buildings.
One displaced mother, Rose Adolph, described her living conditions, saying that at night “we all sleep on top of each other. Imagine eight adults and five children in a single room, 13 people.”
In Cite Soleil, WFP and partner NGOs are rebuilding irrigation systems to support local food production and livelihoods. Nutrition testing and food distributions are underway to reach the most vulnerable, including infants. WFP spokesperson Tanya Birkbeck highlighted the scale of the crisis, noting that “the city is increasingly being squeezed by armed groups, making it difficult for people to access food. We now have 1.3 million displaced in places like this.”
Haiti remains one of only five countries globally facing catastrophic IPC Phase 5 levels of hunger, equivalent to famine‑like conditions. WFP continues to provide food aid and rebuild infrastructure to support affected communities.
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Eight people, including Irish missionary Gena Heraty and a three-year-old child, have been released after nearly a month in captivity following a kidnapping at the Saint-Helene Orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capital.
Eight people, including an Irish missionary and a 3-year-old child, are missing after armed men stormed a well-known orphanage near Haiti’s capital, according to authorities and aid officials.
The United States has warned of reported attempts to bribe Haitian officials in a bid to destabilise the country, amid growing political turmoil and gang violence.
A coalition of over 60 rights organisations has signed a letter addressed to French President Emmanuel Macron demanding reparations for Haiti, whose economy was burdened for decades by a 19th-century compensation debt to France.
A day of mourning has been declared in Portugal to pay respect to victims who lost their lives in the Lisbon Funicular crash which happened on Wednesday evening.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least eight people have died and more than 90 others were injured following a catastrophic gas tanker explosion on a major highway in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa district on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula on 13 September with no tsunami threat, coming just weeks after the region endured a devastating 8.8-magnitude quake — the strongest since 1952.
Argentine lawmakers have overridden two vetoes by President Javier Milei, dealing a setback to his economic agenda. The moves come ahead of midterm elections that could reshape his reform plans.
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Czechs will head to the polls in a parliamentary election that could reshape the country’s political future. The vote will show whether Czechia remains closely tied to the EU and NATO or leans toward Moscow.
The U.S. has approved $230 million in aid for Lebanon’s armed and internal security forces, aiming to strengthen state control as pressure mounts on Hezbollah to disarm.
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