Joyce Hackel

Mar 26, 2025 | theworld.org | Joyce Hackel

In Haiti, increasingly brazen rebel gangs are threatening to seize near-total control of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Armed gangs have taken over roads leading into and out of the city, forcing civilians traveling on them to pay fees, and they’ve been raising the prices of goods. Haitian police, along with a Kenyan-led multinational force, are still in charge of crucial sites including the airport, the seaport and the National Palace. But in recent weeks, their control has been slipping rapidly.

Mar 12, 2025 | play.prx.org | Joyce Hackel

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Jan 29, 2025 | play.prx.org | Joyce Hackel

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Jan 7, 2025 | theworld.org | Joyce Hackel

Years of civil war drove an estimated out of their home country. Now that the Assad regime is no more, some are cautiously venturing back home for the first time in years. That includes Amr al-Azm, an archaeologist and former professor at Damascus University, who left Syria with his family in 2006. He was on a flight to Damascus on Tuesday. But in December, Azm made his way into Syria by land, crossing from the border with Lebanon, and he spent some time in the Syrian capital.

Dec 11, 2024 | play.prx.org | Joyce Hackel

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