November 30, 2023

Gang warfare in Haiti has been spreading outward from the capital of Port au Prince into the rural agricultural heartlands, impacting food staples.  Tens of thousands have fled.   

Nearly half of the population of 1.7 million in Haiti’s Lower Artibonite region is at risk of starvation.

Bands of criminals armed with semi-automatic rifles burn houses, attack irrigation systems, steal crops and livestock and demand “taxes” from farmers if they want to access fields, according to a UN report released Tuesday, November 28.  

Read more:

https://newsus.cgtn.com/news/2023-11-30/Situation-in-Haiti-cataclysmic-as-Kenyan-security-deployments-face-delays-1p8UxsFA5UI/index.html