Haiti has descended into a state of chaos and despair in recent years, with gangs seizing control of large swaths of the nation and imposing their rule through fear, violence and extortion. FRANCE 24 spoke to expert Rosa Freedman on what paved the way for gangs to take hold of the Caribbean nation.

The US has begun airlifting embassy staff out of Haiti as brutal gangs take control of the country and bodies lie in the streets.

Residents of Haiti's capital scrambled for safety on Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a "city under siege" after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters. 

International community, including Canada, must be wary of past mistakes in offering aid: expert

The gang leader behind the violence blighting the Haitian capital has warned there will be a "civil war" if Haiti's prime minister, Ariel Henry, does not step down.

'We have chosen to take our destiny in our own hands,' said Jimmy "Barbeque" Chérizier, a former police officer who controls a confederacy of nine Haitian gangs known as the "G9 Family and Allies."

Heavily armed gangs tried to seize control of Haiti’s main international airport on Monday, exchanging gunfire with police and soldiers in the latest attack on key government sites in an explosion of violence that includes a mass escape from the country’s two biggest prisons.

Haiti is rapidly descending into chaos after gangs attacked a prison, freeing thousands of inmates amid a new spate of extreme violence.

Haiti's government declared a 72-hour state of emergency on Sunday after armed gangs stormed a major prison. At least 12 people were killed and about 3,700 inmates escaped in the jailbreak.

Kenya and Haiti signed a "reciprocal" agreement on Friday to deploy police from the East African country to lead a UN-backed law and order mission to the gang-plagued Caribbean nation, Kenyan President William Ruto said.

A Haitian judge says former first lady Martine Moïse was an accomplice in her husband’s assassination

A Kenyan court on Friday ruled against the government's plan to deploy police to Haiti to lead a UN-backed multinational mission aimed at restoring order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.

Nairobi will send police officers to combat gang violence in the Caribbean nation

Under pressure to lead a force, PM Trudeau manoeuvred to dodge a potential quagmire

Kenya has pledged to lead a multinational security force in Haiti in response to a plea from the Caribbean nation's prime minister for help restoring order.

Now it’s closing the border entirely.

Evangelical leader Marcorel Zidor led ‘hundreds’ of armed protesters into a gang-controlled area of the capital Port-au-Prince.

A gang in Haiti has shot and killed at least seven people who were marching in a big protest organised by a church leader.