The United Nations Security Council on Friday said it had approved the addition of four suspected Haitian gang leaders to its sanctions list, a long-awaited addition as the Caribbean nation faces a worsening humanitarian crisis.

With gangs controlling at least 80% of the Haitian capital, the four gang leaders are behind much of the spiraling violence.

The United Nations Security Council says it has approved the addition of four suspected Haitian gang leaders to its sanctions list, a long-awaited addition as the Caribbean nation faces a worsening humanitarian crisis.

A group of House Democrats on Friday called on the Biden administration to withdraw support for a planned multinational military intervention in Haiti — and for the country’s embattled

The leaders of four armed gangs in Haiti, including one who is the target of a $2 million FBI bounty and forced the evacuation of personnel from the U.S. Embassy this summer, have been hit with economic sanctions by the U.