Haitian gangs now have "near-total control" of the country's capital, the United Nations is warning, as the transitional government continues to be unable to contain the criminal groups.
Ghada Fathy Waly, executive director of the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, told the body's Security Council that about 90% of Port-au-Prince is now under gang control. He added that areas that had so far escaped violence, like southern Haiti, are now seeing sharp increases in violence.
