Family and friends bury 11 women who died while trying to escape Haiti

The situation in Haiti is worsening, with a 180% increase in kidnappings and a 17% rise in homicides over the past year. [Forward to a friend]( | [Subscribe]( | [View in your browser]( [Top of The World]( --------------------------------------------------------------- What The World is following Family and friends bury 11 women who died while trying to escape Haiti [A woman takes a photo of the images of the 11 Haitian women who died last month when the overloaded boat they were in capsized, at a church in San Juan, Puerto Rico, June 15, 2022.] Credit: Dánica Coto/AP Haiti Family and friends are burying 11 women who died when their overcrowded boat capsized last month while trying to flee Haiti. The vessel, carrying between 60 to 75 migrants, sank northwest of Puerto Rico, and is being called [one of the deadliest voyages]( of the region in recent months. Around 40 people were rescued, but at least a dozen people remain missing. Many of them were Haitians trying to escape surging poverty and violence in their country, which the UN says has seen [a 180% increase in kidnappings and a 17% rise in homicides]( in the past year. Haiti’s situation started exacerbating after the July 7 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and a 7.2 magnitude earthquake the following month that killed at least 2,000 people. Tanzania Rights groups have accused Tanzanian [police of using violence]( against members of the Masaai Indigenous community. Activists say at least 31 people were severely wounded during an eviction plan last Friday in Loliondo, in the country’s northern district of Ngorongoro. Ten leaders from the group were detained. One police officer was also reportedly killed. Security forces began demarcating a nearly 580-square-mile plot that authorities have allocated to conservation activities, including [making way for a luxury game reserve]( to be operated by a UAE-owned company. And violent clashes broke out after they began forcibly removing people from their ancestral lands in order to move forward with the project. Ukraine The leaders of four EU nations — Italy, Germany, France and Romania — visited Ukraine for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday. They [vowed to back Kyiv's bid]( to become an official candidate of the bloc. French President Emmanuel Macron also promised Ukraine six more powerful truck-mounted artillery guns, as part of a new round of Western arms pledges against Russia’s invasion and continued fighting in the eastern Donbas region. The US also announced on Wednesday that it will be sending [another $1 billion in military aid]( and heavy weapons. 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