'There's no police or state': Haitians helpless as violence and brutality soars
Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers
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Human Rights Watch says country unable to protect citizens from killing and rape by armed gangs, and floats overseas peacekeepers
Now, would be the moment for some well-known and respected figure to step in, says priest behind Haiti gang truce.
Violence, poverty, school closures and a resurgence of cholera and malnutrition are pushing children and their families to the breaking point.
The smell of death permeates the air while the remnants of burnt corpses and destroyed homes litter corridors and concrete walkways. Drinking water and food have become a rarity.
Dozens of people have been killed and more than a hundred injured in a new round of deadly violence in Haiti’s largest slum that is aggravating fuel shortages, raising transportation costs and making an already troubling humanitarian crisis even worse.