As violent gangs extend control in Haiti, UN commits to staying the course

Gang violence is escalating at alarming rates in Haiti: tens of thousands have been forced from their homes, and critical supply chains have collapsed. Despite the rising peril, the UN has committed to remain in the country, helping the most vulnerable to survive the current crisis. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/11/1157246
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As violent gangs extend control in Haiti, UN commits to staying the course
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Haiti: Over 20,000 flee as gang violence spurs mass displacement

Haiti: Over 20,000 flee as gang violence spurs mass displacement

18 Nov 2024

Over 20,000 people have fled their homes across Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince in just four days amid escalating gang violence, with more than 17,000 seeking shelter in 15 displacement sites as critical supply chains collapse. 

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Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability

Youth in Haiti remain optimistic amid worsening instability

10 Jun 2024

The crisis in Haiti has left children among the most vulnerable to extreme violence, malnutrition, poverty, and collapsing social systems there, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). 

Drought, conflict force 80,000 Somalis to shelter in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camps

06 Dec 2022

Tens of thousands of people have sought shelter in recent weeks at Kenya’s Dadaab camps, forced from their homes by extremist violence in neighbouring Somalia and an “unrelenting” drought, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.