UN officials describe the findings as among the most alarming assessments yet of how deeply children have become entangled in ...

A 16-year-old Haitian boy has been talking about how he was lured into working for a criminal gang but then threatened with ...

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

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 ...

The head of the United Nations called on Haitian authorities Thursday to do more to protect children from recruitment by armed gangs and for the international community to step up efforts to respond ...

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

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 ...