Haiti Humanitarian Crisis

The US Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave "as soon as possible" citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring.

Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the Haiti earthquake the "most serious humanitarian crisis"in decades; urges states for quick aid relief.

The US Embassy in Haiti on Wednesday urged citizens in the Caribbean country to leave "as soon as possible" citing security and infrastructure challenges, as escalating violence has left thousands displaced and sent homicides soaring.

Climate change, cholera and the return of thousands of emigrants from the neighboring Dominican Republican are fueling a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, the UN warned Tuesday.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls the Haiti earthquake the "most serious humanitarian crisis"in decades; urges states for quick aid relief.