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│ Haitian government calls for renewal of │

│ international anti-gang task force │

│ large - Al Jazeera - tilt/tilt [HTI] │

│ │

│ Foreign Minister Raina Forbin formally │

│ asked the UN Security Council to renew the │

│ Gang Suppression Force mandate before it │

│ expires Sept 30. Haiti's stability score is │

│ already at the floor, but the expiry is a │

│ hard dated cliff inside the next window and │

│ is flagged so the next pass books the │

│ outcome rather than the request. │

│ │

│ https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/4/hai │

│ tian-government-calls-for-renewal-of-intern │

│ ational-anti-gang-task-force │

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│ Gang massacre at Kenscoff church leaves at │

│ least 47 dead │

│ feature - New York Times - │

│ independent/independent [HTI] │

│ │

│ A gang massacre at a church and │

│ displacement site in Kenscoff killed at │

│ least 47 on Aug 25, prompting an emergency │

│ UN Security Council session. Kenscoff sits │

│ in the hills above Port-au-Prince, so this │

│ is territorial expansion beyond the capital │

│ and reverses the easing booked on │

│ 2026-07-20 for Gang Suppression Force │

│ gains. │

│ │

│ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/world/am │

│ ericas/haiti-massacre-kenscoff.html │

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│ Gang coalition unleashes violent new attack │

│ on farming community in Haiti │

│ large - Associated Press - wire/independent │

│ [HTI] │

│ │

│ Renewed gang attacks through August │

│ (farming-community attack Aug 24; dozens │

│ killed or injured since early August) │

│ against a Jan-June UN toll of 3,100+ killed │

│ and 1.5M displaced, while the GSF announced │

│ deployment plans into Cite Soleil and │

│ Artibonite. The GSF-gains improvement holds │

│ by a thread; December elections remain │

│ threatened. │

│ │

│ https://www.clickorlando.com/news/world/202 │

│ 6/08/24/gang-coalition-unleashes-violent-ne │

│ w-attack-on-farming-community-in-haiti/ │

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│ GSF seeks two-year extension as gangs still │

│ control 85% of Port-au-Prince │

│ large - Haitian Times - unknown/unknown │

│ [HTI] │

│ │

│ The Gang Suppression Force asked the │

│ Security Council July 22 for a mandate │

│ extension through September 2028 with its │

│ first detailed roadmap; gangs still control │

│ ~85% of the metro area and are expanding │

│ into Artibonite, Centre and Kenscoff, with │

│ 2,000+ killed since January and ~1.5M │

│ displaced. Tempers the prior gains │

│ narrative: crime safety held at -9, no │

│ further improvement booked. │

│ │

│ https://haitiantimes.com/2026/07/22/gsf-see │

│ ks-two-year-extension-gang-control-haiti/ │

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│ Haiti: UN-backed Gang Suppression Force │

│ achieves tangible, if limited, gains │

│ large - United Nations - │

│ multilateral/multilateral [HTI] │

│ │

│ The UN-backed Gang Suppression Force pushed │

│ gangs out of several strategic │

│ Port-au-Prince locations and reopened some │

│ major roads - the first tangible security │

│ gains in months - against still-record 1.5M │

│ displacement and a hoped-for first │

│ electoral round before end-2026. Eased │

│ Haiti crime_safety -10 to -9 off the floor. │

│ │

│ https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/07/116796 │

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