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France 24
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Genie GODULA

Gang violence in Haiti: The reality of everyday life in Port-au-Prince

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In Haiti, gang violence is still rocking the capital Port-au-Prince. We look at two very different initiatives to try to keep it in check: a basketball association working to keep kids off the streets and on the court, and a vigilante movement where civilians are taking justice into their own hands.

In Haiti, gangs continue to wreak havoc in the streets. But in recent weeks, some Haitian civilians have decided to take matters into their own hands, hunting down and killing the gang members themselves. They're calling the movement "Bwa Kale". Chloé Lauvergnier, a journalist at the FRANCE 24 Observers desk who worked on a special report about this movement, tells us more about this worrying phenomenon. 

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