UN says Haiti conflict has 'worsened' as gangs push fresh attacks
23/10/2024 6:27
Haitian gangs are ramping up attacks on areas they do not yet control, the head of the United Nation's Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) warned on Tuesday, after days of renewed violence from an alliance of armed gangs in the Caribbean nation.
"The situation in Haiti has regrettably worsened," Maria Isabel Salvador said in a briefing to the U.N. Security Council, which over a year ago ratified the deployment of an international security force to help police restore order.
Just a fraction of over 3,000 troops pledged by a handful of countries have so far arrived. Funding has also lagged, and an alliance of well-equipped armed gangs known as Viv Ansanm has expanded across the capital and into surrounding regions.
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