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More than 600 people killed in Haiti gang violence in April, UN says
"In the month of April alone, more than 600 people were killed in a new wave of extreme violence that hit several districts across the capital," said the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. "This follows the killing of at least 846 people in the first three months of 2023, in addition to 393 injured and 395 kidnapped during that period — a 28-percent increase in violence on the previous quarter." The Caribbean nation, the poorest in the Americas, has been gripped by a political and economic crisis since the July 2021 assassination of president Jovenel Moise, with gangs now controlling most of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Related: Haiti: 2023-05-07 US Rejects Asylum Application of Refugees Illegally Entering Through Mexico Haiti: 2023-04-30 US to deploy National Coast guards in Zambia and Malawi in a new deal Haiti: 2023-04-22 Bush, Obama, Clinton Team Up with American Express to Fly Migrants into American Communities Posted by: Besoeker 2023-05-09 |
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