Haiti capital a ‘city under siege’ amid growing gang violence • FRANCE 24 English

Schools Banks and gas stations with shuted doors as Haiti’s Capital remains in a state of emergency gangs have Rampage through BTO paths freeing thousands of inmates from the country’s two biggest prisons attacking its main airport and setting police stations on fire now they exert deao authority over

Some 80% of the capital and the fresh wave of violence has paralyzed the already ailing economy The Gangs forced me to leave my home I’ve become a nomad with my three children who don’t have a father I’m all over the streets we arrived here but we can’t stay because there’s no water no

Bathrooms and there’s no drinkable water we’re in misery acting prime minister Ariel Henry has been in Puerto Rico after his trip to Kenya for talks on gang violence but remains unable to return to the country an alliance of Caribbean Nations kakom says it still recognizes Henry as the legitimate

Leader the heads of government of the Caribbean community remain engaged in deep discussions with the various stakeholders in Haiti and prime minister hry whilst we are making considerable progress the stakeholders are not yet where they need to be we would like the Haitian people to know that we’ll

Continue to work with them on their behalf the Prime Minister has accepted to hold early elections in 2025 but gangs have stepped up their attacks on security forces pushing for a quicker transition scores of people have been killed and more than 15,000 forced from their homes since coordinated gang

Attacks began at the end of last month

Residents of Haiti’s capital scrambled for safety on Saturday following the latest spasm of gang violence, with a UN group warning of a “city under siege” after armed attackers targeted the presidential palace and police headquarters. Criminal groups, which already control much of Port-au-Prince as well as roads leading to the rest of the country, have unleashed havoc in recent days as they try to oust Prime Minister Ariel Henry as leader of the Western hemisphere’s poorest country.
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21 comments

  3. What a lost cause. The poorest spot in the entire western world as well as greatest recipient of foreign aid.

  4. haiti has been exclusively under black rule for hundreds of years. Look at what they have accomplished. A picture of the success, safety and stablility. A perfect example for the world to see. Fine quality people…all haitians must be so proud

  7. I kindly pitty Kenya police whom will be send to Haiti ohhh they'll be brought back on body bags ,,,,,why should we do this don't send them ruto nononono😢😢😢😮

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