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The UN says more than 5,600 people were killed in Haiti last year as gangs rampage (apnews.com)

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Haiti saw over 5,600 killings in 2024, a 20% increase from 2023, amid escalating gang violence, according to the UN.

Gangs control 85% of Port-au-Prince, leaving 700,000 homeless and forcing many into overcrowded shelters.

The violence includes lynchings, summary police executions, and massacres, such as one in December that claimed over 200 lives.

Despite a Kenyan-led UN mission, only 550 of the 2,500 expected personnel have been deployed.

The UN called for more international support, an arms embargo, and an end to deportations, citing Haiti’s severe insecurity and humanitarian crisis.

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[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sad story, but what is the world to do?

If any Western nation tries to help it'll be called Colonialism again and UN forces have never once actually helped a single nation, they're cosplayers who will run away as soon as the fighting starts (doesn't matter which host nation they come from, no soldier seconded to the UN is going to die for a UN mission)

Maybe Africa could step up for once? South Africa is in a significantly more developed state than Australia was when we were tossed into the fires of the Boer War then WW1.

[–] Skua@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

In theory Kenya is leading the intervention, but it has gotten off to an awfully slow start. Kenya should probably be able to handle this if given a bit of financial assistance to run the operation, as it's a fairly big and stable country, but... well it hasn't managed much yet.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Someone on Lemmy was telling me recently that states are bad and that the world would be better off without them. I brought up Haiti and they did not have a good response.

And this is why.