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Al Jazeera Staff

US orders non-emergency personnel to leave violence-hit Haiti

A man carries his belongings after Haitian National Police officers fired tear gas to clear a camp of people trying to escape armed gangs, in front of the US Embassy in Port-au-Prince, July 25, 2023 [File: Ralph Tedy Erol/Reuters]

The United States has ordered non-emergency government personnel to leave Haiti, as the Caribbean nation continues to reel under widespread gang violence, kidnappings and political instability.

In a travel advisory issued late on Thursday, the US State Department ordered the departure of non-emergency personnel and their family members, and said US citizens in Haiti should leave “as soon as possible”.

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