Guns, gangs and drought: how crime and the climate crisis are reshaping Haiti
Cities in the grip of urban warfare are being pushed to collapse by an influx of people fleeing hunger in rural areas as crops fail
Haiti gangs have slowed attacks in the capital, but they have intensified elsewhere
Gang violence continues to be responsible for hundreds of deaths and injuries in Haiti, where attacks by criminal groups have slowed in recent months in the capital but have intensified against farming communities and other rural areas outside of Port-au-Prince.
Haiti is likely to stay mired in chaos
For the past four years, since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in July 2021, Haiti has been slipping ever deeper into chaos and anarchy. In January 2023, the terms of the country’s last ten sitting senators expired, leaving it with no nationally elected officials. In theory, Haiti is now run by a Transitional Presidential Council (tpc), an unelected body of politicians appointed by consensus in a process overseen by the Caribbean Community, an intergovernmental organisation.
Haïti : l’ONU veut rétablir sa présence complète à Port-au-Prince avant la fin de l’année
Alors que la violence continue de ravager la capitale haïtienne et que la transition politique s’enlise, l’ONU s’apprête à redéployer l’ensemble de son personnel à Port-au-Prince d’ici la fin de l’année. Un bureau d’appui à la nouvelle Force de répression des gangs devrait, lui, être opérationnel d’ici le 31 mars 2026.
« Ici, l’État n’existe pas » : en Haïti, des habitants livrés à eux-mêmes face à l’ultraviolence des gangs
Dès la sortie de l’aéroport de Port-au-Prince, qui ne reçoit plus aucun vol international depuis des tirs en novembre 2024, des barricades massives bloquent les...