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Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger and gang violence

North Shore News 04 Oct 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Woodberson Seïde held his stepsister's hand as they walked through Haiti 's capital on their way to an afterschool music program ... Across Port-au-Prince, hundreds of children like Woodberson are playing percussion, piano and bass guitar to drown out the violence and hunger around them.
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Haitian Expresident Martelly questioned over succesor Moise’s murder

La Prensa Latina 04 Oct 2023
Port-au-Prince, Oct ... In Haiti, some sectors suspec Martelly of participating in the plot to assassinate Moise, which occurred in the early hours of July 7, 2021 at his private residence in Port-au-Prince, where first lady Martine Moise was also injured.
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Americas rights court condemns violence against Haiti journalists

Reuters 04 Oct 2023
The IACHR said around a dozen journalists fled their homes recently as violence escalated in Port-au-Prince's Carrefour-Feuilles neighborhood ... over large parts of the capital Port-au-Prince, fueling a humanitarian crisis that has driven over 200,000 people from their homes.
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Why Kenya is sending police officers into Haiti

Vox 04 Oct 2023
Once again, the international community will intervene in Haiti, this time to stabilize the security situation in the capital of Port-au-Prince, where gangs have terrorized civilians for the past two years ... He’s also allowed gang violence to proliferate to the point that it has effectively cut off Port-au-Prince from the rest of the country.
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Haiti School of Rock

Beaumont Enterprise 04 Oct 2023
Woodberson Seide plays the drums during service at a Protestant church in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. Woodberson Seide's family sleeps on the floor of a church, something they've done since losing their home to gangs ....
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Haitian students play music to escape hunger and gang violence

Star Advertiser 04 Oct 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti >> Woodberson Seïde held his stepsister’s hand as they walked through Haiti ‘s capital on their way to an afterschool music program ... .
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A New Occupation Force? Haitians Denounce U.N. Vote to Deploy U.S.-Backed, Kenyan-Led Troops

Democracy Now 04 Oct 2023
The United Nations Security Council has approved an international armed force to address spiraling gang violence in Haiti, where street battles have paralyzed the capital Port-au-Prince since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021. The U.N ... has pledged to support the U.N. mission would have been better used to support civil society ... .
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Foreign armed force to fight gangs makes many in Haiti celebrate, while others worry

Jamaica Observer 04 Oct 2023
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs have carried out so much robbery, rape and kidnapping that Haitians on Tuesday welcomed news that the United Nations Security Council had approved deployment of an international armed force to Haiti. Foreigners with guns are met with hostility in most countries in the world ... A 2004 UN mission ended in 2017 ... .
photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Security Council Authorizes Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti
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Kenya approved to lead security mission in Haiti

The Buffalo News 04 Oct 2023
Nearly 3,000 people were killed in Haiti from October last year until June, as gangs took over large patches of the country, particularly Port-au-Prince, the capital, according to the U.N ... Secretary-General Ant�nio Guterres in the aftermath of the breakdown of law and order in the country and gangs' taking over ports and fuel depots, U.N.
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 a.m. EDT

Hastings Tribune 04 Oct 2023
No arrests were made ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Woodberson Seïde held his stepsister's hand as they walked through Haiti 's capital on their way to an afterschool music program ... Across Port-au-Prince, hundreds of children like Woodberson are playing percussion, piano and bass guitar to drown out the violence and hunger around them ... .
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‘The Exorcist: Believer’: Review

Screen Daily 04 Oct 2023
The first in a planned new Exorcist trilogy from director David Gordon Green fails to live up to its legacy ... An opening sequence sees Victor Fielding (Leslie Odom Jr) and his heavily pregnant wife Sorenne (Tracy Graves) on vacation in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where Sorenne receives a traditional blessing for her unborn child ... Production companies ... .
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AP News Summary at 3:08 a.m. EDT

Courier Express 04 Oct 2023
Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader ... history ... McCarthy told lawmakers Tuesday evening he would not run again for speaker ... interests ... The Aug ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Children across Haiti's capital are playing drums, bass guitar and piano to drown out the trouble that erupts around them daily.
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AP News Summary at 3:28 a.m. EDT

Killeen Daily Herald 04 Oct 2023
Speaker McCarthy ousted in historic House vote, as scramble begins for a Republican leader ... history ... McCarthy told lawmakers Tuesday evening he would not run again for speaker ... interests ... The Aug ... PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Children across Haiti's capital are playing drums, bass guitar and piano to drown out the trouble that erupts around them daily.

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