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The Explanation: Haiti's gang crisis

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08/07/2023 GMT

Haiti's gang crisis

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How competing gangs are carving up Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince

How competing gangs are carving up Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince.

Since Haiti’s devastating earthquake in 2010, the country has been in turmoil. Some 200 gangs have taken control in the absence of a functioning state, with murder, kidnapping and rape becoming commonplace. President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in 2021 and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight to the violence.

Harold Isaac, a Port-au-Prince based journalist, explains how Haiti has descended to this point, and if there’s any hope of a more stable future for the country.

Presenter: Claire Graham
Producer: Owen McFadden

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