Haiti is currently experiencing severe unrest, with a significant increase in gang violence leading to numerous casualties and worsening food insecurity. Recent reports indicate that in the first three months of 2024 alone, gang-related violence resulted in 1,660 deaths and 850 injuries, marking a 50% increase in deaths. The United Nations has highlighted that nearly half of Haiti's population is facing acute food insecurity due to ongoing violence and economic shocks. Despite these challenges, international support has been lagging, exacerbating the crisis. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other UN agencies are actively working on the ground to boost food production and address the hunger crisis. Gangs have also targeted Haiti's unelected government more directly, contributing to the instability.
In Haiti, over 2,500 people have died or been injured due to unrest - UN https://t.co/rhORCcMdDe https://t.co/pvP25yOBLU
Gang violence led to 1,660 deaths and 850 injuries in the first three months of 2024 in Haiti, a UN report said on Friday. https://t.co/r7UWhmI5OV
A UN report on Haiti has logged a 50% increase in deaths in the country. Long plagued by gangs, several of them recently allied to target the unelected government more directly. https://t.co/sX2ZnexKzl
A soaring wave of gang violence in Haiti left 1,660 people dead and some 850 injured in the first three months of 2024, a new UN report said https://t.co/i48Cp3LwR3
Haiti's death toll rises as international support lags, UN report says https://t.co/WgCT33xvvT https://t.co/5D9bZ9qWDs
Haiti’s death toll rises as international support lags, UN report says https://t.co/w5D4LDPz5u
In Haiti, nearly half of the population is facing acute food insecurity amid escalating violence and economic shocks. @FAO is on the ground, along with other UN agencies, helping boost food production to tackle hunger.
Haitian-Americans say they’ve grown increasingly terrified about friends and family members affected by the gang violence that has turned Haiti into a war zone. But they are divided over what should happen next. @samanthabchery @emmanuelfelton https://t.co/hnOEwRLYqd
Gangs attack, hunger gets worse, politicians argue: the latest on the situation in Haiti https://t.co/Az2vOiTuKp