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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Edith M. Lederer

UN chief warns gangs could overrun Haiti's capital without additional international security support

APTOPIX Haiti Violence - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital Port-au-Prince leading to a complete breakdown of government authority without additional international support for the country’s beleaguered national police, the United Nations chief warned.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a report released to coincide with a Security Council meeting Wednesday on the deteriorating situation in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country that “time is of the essence.”

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