Original version

No Master Brand

BBC Afghan Radio

Newshour

News

Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

Newshour: 19/03/2024 21:06 GMT: Haiti engulfed in further violence

Magazines & Reviews

Haiti engulfed in further violence

19/03/2024 21:06 GMT

19/03/2024 21:06 GMT: Haiti engulfed in further violence

BBC World Service - Newshour, Haiti engulfed in further violence

Haiti transitional presidential council takes shape as gang violence engulfs the nation

Hospitals in Haiti are barely functioning and the central bank has come under attack as Haiti has been engulfed by violence for weeks.

Haiti's powerful gangs which control more than 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince have already voiced their opposition to the transitional presidential council. They warned they will continue to attack government targets unless an interim administration acceptable to them is created. We ask a former minister recently appointed by the council how the country can be saved from collapse.  

Antony Blinken has warned that Gaza's entire population is facing acute food insecurity. We hear from one of the aid agencies and an Israeli spokesperson about the humanitarian situation in Gaza. 

Also in the programme: we speak to the singer of the anarchist band Chumbawumba who refuses his music to be associated with right-wing political parties; and we ask the mayor of Yellowknife in Canada how she is preparing for wildfire season. 


(Photo: Haiti's National Penitentiary on fire, in Port-au-Prince Credit: REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Newshour

19/03/2024 21:06 GMT: Haiti engulfed in further violence

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC Afghan Radio