UN Says Haiti Conflict Has 'Worsened'

Situation in Haiti worsens amid ‘acute violence’ as UN support mission falters under gang violence
The security situation in Haiti has once again degraded despite months of support from United Nations-approved Kenyan-led forces sent in to aid the Haitian police as gang violence escalates. In a Tuesday address to the Security Council,
UN says Haiti conflict has 'worsened' as gangs push fresh attacks
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.
Two Killed, 5,000 Flee As Haiti Gangs Attack In Port-au-Prince
At least two women, including one who was eight months pregnant, were killed and 5,000 people displaced as Haitian gangs attacked neighborhoods in the impoverished Caribbean nation's capital, its Civil Protection agency said Monday.
Haitian Gangs Escalate Violence and Expand Attacks Outside the Capital, Top UN Official Says
The top U.N. official in Haiti says gangs have escalated their violence and expanded operations outside the capital, even attacking small boats and kidnapping personnel from cargo shipping companies
Haiti asks for UN peacekeeping mission as gangs’ expansion worries leadership council
Seven years after the last United Nations peacekeepers departed amid warnings they would soon be back, Haiti is now officially asking for their return.
Haiti sees worsened gang violence
UN warns crisis in Haiti is escalating as gang violence across the country continues to worsen. (Video courtesy of AP, thumb courtesy of Reuters)
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