The number of children being recruited into armed groups across Haiti has increased by 70 per cent over the past year, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has reported. The unprecedented spike also ...

The recruitment of child soldiers by gangs has risen nearly 70 percent in the past years in Haiti, according to a report released by the UN International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) on Sunday.

Among the details are references to Russian mercenary group Wagner exploring a contract to fight criminal gangs in Haiti, and a Chinese company negotiating to build a deep water port in Nicaragua.