The nine-year-old boys wearing matching knapsacks walk down the street in the morning light, but they are not going to school. In their hands are loaded guns, and the boys know how to use them. One ...

A new UNICEF Child Alert highlights an unprecedented displacement crisis in Haiti as violence and collapsing services push children to the brink. Without an immediate injection of resources, UNICEF ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The last words Michelle Reed heard from her 6-year-old adopted son, Esai Reed, in early November were: “Mom, come get me.” But after U.S. aviation authorities on Tuesday blocked ...

Currently, between 30% to 50% of all gang members in the violence-wracked country are children, according to the U.N. “This is a very concerning trend,” said Geeta Narayan, UNICEF’s representative in ...

The United Nations on Thursday added Haiti’s powerful gang alliance "Viv Ansanm" to its list of groups violating children’s rights in conflicts. The coalition, accused of abuses, was named in a UN ...

Haiti has been racked by political instability and intensifying, deadly gang violence. Amid a Federal Aviation Administration ...

US, Panama draft resolution for another force with ground support Existing UN-backed force remains under-manned, under-funded UN says gangs' recruitment of children has surged, including use of child ...

Fifteen-year-old Ania was raped by several men as she was fetching water, one of hundreds of thousands of young victims of gang violence that has engulfed Haiti and turned children's lives into a ...

Multiple threats to children’s health, safety and well-being include recruitment into armed groups amid escalating violence and displacement. A look at what UNICEF is doing to deliver urgently needed ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Gangs in Haiti are recruiting children at unprecedented levels, with the number of minors targeted soaring by 70% in the past year, according to a report released Monday by ...