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From Our Own Correspondent: No escape from Haiti

21/03/2024

No escape from Haiti

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, No escape from Haiti

Thousands of Haitians flock to the border seeking supplies and to escape gang violence.

Haiti's humanitarian  emergency is worsening, hundreds of thousands of Haitians are displaced and desperate people flock to the border to find supplies and escape the violence.

Kate Adie introduces stories from Haiti, Chad, the Netherlands, Palau and Mexico.

Haiti remains mired in crisis, with the capital in the grip of gang violence - more than 350,000 people have been displaced. Will Grant reports from Haiti's border with the Dominican Republic, where he has witnessed the growing desperation among people flocking to find food and supplies and escape the violence.

It’s nearly a year since civil war erupted in Sudan between rival military forces - more than a million have fled to neighbouring countries, including Chad. Mercy Jumar covered the refugee crisis there last year and now returns to the border town of Adre. 

Despite his dramatic win in the 2023 elections, Dutch far-right populist Geert Wilders has abandoned his bid to become the next prime minister. After weeks of negotiations to try to form a coalition, he realised he couldn’t convince other parties to serve under him.  Anna Holligan explains what happened.

Western Pacific watchers have continued to warn that China is trying to gain more of a footing with the ocean's island nations that control large swathes of it. Frey Lindsay reports from Palau in the Western Pacific, which has long-standing ties to the US, but is increasingly being courted by China. 

From Parma ham to Cheddar cheese, Darjeeling tea to Islay whiskey, there are many fabulous foods and delicious drinks from around the world that help put towns, cities and regions on the map.  But, often these places have a reputation for more than just one thing.  As Proinsias O’Coinn discovered when he travelled to a world-famous town in Mexico.   

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