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UN says gang violence, rape and impunity worsening in Haiti

Residents of the neighbourhood Carrefour Feuilles gather outside a military base demanding help after they had to flee their homes when gangs took over, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 16, 2023. © Ralph Tedy Erol, Reuters

Gang violence in Haiti is escalating and spreading from the capital Port-au-Prince through the center of the country to its two other major cities, Gonaives and Cap-Haitien, with a significant increase in killings, kidnappings and rapes in the past few months, the UN chief said in a report circulated Wednesday.

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in the new report to the UN Security Council that 2,728 intentional killings were recorded between October 2022 and June 2023 including 247 women, 58 boys and 20 girls.

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