Key hospital in central Haiti closes due to gang violence

Haitian gang takes over radio station, renames it Taliban FM  - Committee to Protect Journalists

Miami, April 25, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalist is appalled that a Haitian gang has taken over a local radio station, renamed it Radio Taliban FM, and is using it to broadcast propaganda on the troubled Caribbean island. “We are critically concerned that the chaos in Haiti makes it nearly impossible for anyone — journalists included — to safely go about their daily lives,” said CPJ U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator Kather…

Gang attacks force closure of Haiti’s ‘beacon of hope’ hospital as health crisis grows

In a crisis-wracked nation where hospitals were hurting even before U.S. aid freezes earlier this year and gangs torched or gutted many medical facilities, the University Hospital of Mirebalais was among the last still standing.

Key Hospital in Central Haiti Closes Due to Gang Violence

Key hospital in central Haiti closes due to gang violence

A top hospital in Haiti is closing its doors due to worsening insecurity after gangs attacked the central city of Mirebalais, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday, marking another blow to the country's fragile health sector.

The organisation alerts the MSPP and the PNST on the dangers of a landlocked centre in Turgau and proposes concrete solutions to ensure equitable access to blood in Haiti. In a correspondence addressed to the Minister of Public Health and Population, Dr. Sinal Bertrand, as well as to the director of the PNST, Dr. Ernst Noël, the Konbit San Pou San (KSPS) calls for an emergency relocation of the blood transfusion services currently located in the…

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reported this Thursday a worrying increase in the number of vulnerable people deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti, particularly pregnant women, infants, children, and newborns. On April 22 alone, IOM staff at the Belladère border crossing in Haiti received 416 […]