UNICEF and the Government of Haiti have teamed up to strengthen prevention and response to child recruitment by armed groups ...

The report, issued jointly by the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) and the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR), states that most of the 26 gangs currently operating in Haiti are involved in child ...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000, according to a new UNICEF report released Wednesday that warns minors are increasingly ...

There has been an “alarming increase” in the number of children being recruited into gangs in Haiti with “devastating consequences” for children, families and society as a whole, the UN reported on ...

A 16-year-old Haitian boy has been talking about how he was lured into working for a criminal gang but then threatened with death when he said he would not fight against the police.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE PHOTO: A schoolboy is driven to class as the academic year begins after a U.N. vote to expand a security mission in a capital ...

UNICEF remains on the ground in Haiti, delivering support to children and families caught in a cycle of suffering fueled by violence and interrelated crises.

UNICEF says that the recruitment of children by armed groups in Haiti tripled last year as poverty and violence deepens across the troubled Caribbean country.