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The United Nations orders its staff to evacuate from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as clashes between armed gangs, police, and civilian vigilantes escalate in the city. Nonprofit organization Food for the Poor also ceases operations in Haiti due to gang disruptions.
2024-11-25

Thousands of prisoners escape from the National Penitentiary in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, after it was stormed by armed gangs.
2024-03-3

Thirteen suspected gang members are lynched and set on fire by residents in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
2023-04-24

Authorities in Haiti says that members of the "400 Mawozo" gang are behind the kidnapping of 16 American citizens and one Canadian citizen yesterday near Port-au-Prince. Those kidnapped include seven women, five men and five children.
2021-10-17

Health officials are concerned about the spread of the Zika virus in Haiti, which suffered the worst epidemic of cholera in recent history following the deadly 2010 Haiti earthquake. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports there are 2,214 suspected cases as of April 23. But new research indicates the virus has been present since 2014. The actual infection rate remains unknown since the poor, densely populated nation lacks routine data systems that can track and document disease outbreaks.
2016-05-23

Rainstorms in southern Haiti trigger floods and mudslides, resulting in at least 23 deaths with the capital Port-au-Prince worst affected.
2011-06-7

Thousands of Haitians riot in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti to protest the exclusion of Michel Martelly from the second round of voting in the Haitian presidential election.
2010-12-8

Cholera is detected in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, for the first time since the post-earthquake outbreak began.
2010-10-24

Three inmates are killed in a prison riot in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.
2010-10-18

Anti-UN protesters in Haiti blockade the United Nations military headquarters in Port-au-Prince a day after the Council extended the mandate of the Stabilisation Mission in Haiti.
2010-10-15