Gangs in Haiti have gained ground in Port-au-Prince as political factions move closer to establishing a transitional government, leading to increased violence in the troubled Caribbean nation.

Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince was engulfed in intense gunfire as residents frantically sought refuge during the recent surge of gang violence in the capital sparked by the absence of prime minister Ariel Henry.

Haiti's neighbors have begin boosting their defenses as a gang violence in the Caribbean nation escalates "drastically.”

Haitian gang leader Jimmy Cherizier has warned that he will keep trying to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry.

Violent gunfire battles have engulfed Haiti’s capital, killing at least four police officers, as a powerful gang leader announced that he would oust prime minister Ariel Henry and try to capture the country’s police chief, ministers.

The administration of US President Joe Biden has sent a deportation flight of dozens of migrants to Haiti.

Tensions escalated in the Haitian capital as thousands of people protest against the country's devastating gang violence.