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

The transitional government should prioritize governance over competing personal and political interests. Now is not the time for political infighting.’

Haiti's capital could become overrun by criminal gangs if the international community does not step up aid to a UN-backed security mission there, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned in a report Wednesday.

Haiti's capital could become overrun by criminal gangs if the international community does not step up aid to a UN-backed security mission to the Caribbean nation, United Nations chief Antonio Guterres warned in a report Wednesday.

Gang violence in Haiti drove a record of more than one million people from their homes last year, the United Nations said on Tuesday. The UN International Organization for Migration (IOM) said the figure marked a threefold increase in displacement within a year,

Kenya’s interior minister says the east African nation has deployed 217 more police officers to Haiti as part of a Kenya-led multinational force to curb gang violence.

The U.N. migration agency says internal displacement in Haiti, largely caused by gang violence, has tripled over the last year and now surpasses 1 million people — a record in the Caribbean nation.

Another 217 Kenyan police officers arrived Saturday in Haiti as part of a UN-backed mission to tackle gang violence and restore stability in that nation, the Kenyan presidency confirmed.

UNITED NATIONS — Gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital, Port-au-Prince, leading to a complete breakdown of government authority without additional international support for the beleaguered ...

Haiti's capital could become overrun by criminal gangs if the international community does not step up aid to a United Nations-backed security mission there, U.N. chief Antonio Guterres warned in ...

UN Chief Warns Gangs Could Overrun Haiti's Capital Without Additional International Security Support UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Gangs in Haiti could overrun the capital, Port-au-Prince, leading to a ...

Aid groups are increasingly seen as protecting the gangs, leading them to become targeted by the police and self-defence groups.