Since Monday, a coalition of armed gangs in Haiti have waged war on mountaintop communities above Port-au-Prince, the capital. Local officials say gangs set fire to homes and killed farmers and ...

STARING at the ceiling in a bedsit above the hairdresser she worked in, Tillie Peel knew she was destined for more. The 31-year-old is a risk taker. She left home aged 14 and spent two years ...