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Impact of Gang Violence in Port-au-Prince
Estimates of displaced populations and areas under gang influence.
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Gang violence displaces hundreds in Haiti's capital - Al Jazeera
People in Cite Soleil neighbourhood of Port-au-Prince protest as gang violence shuts hospitals and displaces hundreds.A resident of Cite Soleil kneels before a police armoured vehicle demanding the police go and fight the gangs that control their neighbourhood, in Port-au-Prince. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]By APPublished On 13 May 2026Residents of the Cite Soleil neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince have taken to the streets to demand government protection after a new surge of gang violence forced hundreds of people to flee their homes over the weekend.Protesters said on Tuesday they had witnessed people being killed in Cite Soleil in recent days. Haitian authorities have yet to release any information on casualties.Armed gangs have tightened their grip on Haiti’s capital since the assassination of President Jovenel Moise at his home in July 2021. Police say the groups now control about 70 percent of the capital and have expanded their activities, including looting, kidnapping and sexual violence, into rural areas. Haiti has not had a president since Moise’s killing.Medical services have also been hit. In a statement released on Monday, Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres) said it had evacuated its hospital in Cite Soleil after intense clashes on Sunday. The Centre Hospitalier de Fontaine, another facility serving the area, said on Tuesday it had suspended operations because of the violence and had evacuated all of its patients, including 11 newborns.The unrest comes as an international security mission, backed by the United Nations, begins to deploy. The first foreign troops linked to the UN-authorised force arrived in April to help quell the violence.In late September, the UN Security Council approved a plan for a 5,550-member mission, although the full contingent has yet to arrive. An undisclosed number of troops from Chad have so far been deployed.Gang warfare has already uprooted large numbers of Haitians. A report published earlier this year by the International Organization for Migration estimated that more than 1.4 million people have been displaced, with about 200,000 now living in overcrowded, underfunded sites in the capital.Protesters said on Tuesday they had witnessed people being killed in Cite Soleil in recent days. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]Residents of Cite Soleil celebrate the arrival of armoured police vehicles in their neighbourhood. [Odelyn Joseph/AP Photo]Vehicles that were set on fire by armed gangs line the streets of Cite Solei...
New wave of gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds
A new wave of gang violence in Haiti has forced hundreds of people to flee, leaving them scattered on Monday along a road leading to Haiti's main airport.Monique Verdieux, 56 fled to the highway after watching armed men burning houses in her neighborhood. Her family scattered in different directions and she said she's not sure where they are. “I am now sleeping in the street,” said Verdieux, noting it was unsafe to return.The clashes between gangs erupted over the weekend across several northern neighborhoods in the capital, Port-au-Prince, pushing the displaced on a road leading to Toussaint Louverture International Airport.Gangs have overtaken more than 90% of Port-au-Prince since the assassination of President Jovenal Moïse in July 2021 at his home. Police say they have expanded their activities, including looting, kidnapping, sexual assaults and rape, into the countryside. Haiti has not had a president since the assassination.For the past two weeks, Haitian rum maker Barbancourt and two of the nation's largest bottlers have warned about deteriorating security conditions near the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, where operations are now severely restricted.In a statement released Sunday, the companies said that the government's response to the crisis has been “largely insufficient,” and noted that the poor state of the roads leading to the airport makes it difficult for Haitian security forces to patrol the area.“You cannot secure an airport if you allow the roads around it to degrade,” the statement read.In April, the first foreign troops linked to a United Nations' gang suppression force arrived in Haiti to help quell ongoing violence.The U.N. Security Council in late September approved a plan to authorize a 5,550-member force that has not fully arrived in the island nation.A report published earlier this year by the International Organization for Migration found that gang violence had displaced more than 1.4 million people in Haiti, with approximately 200,000 of them now living in crowded and underfunded sites in the nation's capital.
New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- A new wave of gang violence in Haiti's capital forced hundreds to flee their homes over the weekend, leaving families scattered along the road to the country's main airport on Monday. Monique Verdieux, 56, fled to the highway after watching armed men burning houses in her neighborhood.
New gang violence in Haiti displaces hundreds of people
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A new wave of gang violence in Haiti's capital forced hundreds to flee their homes over the weekend, leaving families scattered along the road to the country's ...
