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1. • • In just one week, 15,000 people have been displaced from Port-au-Prince, according to a U.N. estimate. But people have been trying to flee the capital for well over a year, with one woman telling NBC News that she is currently hiding in a church with her three children and another family with eight children.
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   What is happening in Port-au-Prince?

   • Chaos has gutted Port-au-Prince and Haiti's government, a crisis brought on by decades of political disruption, a series of natural disasters and a power vacuum left by the president's assassination. The chaos overtaking Haiti has been bubbling for more than a year, with violence centered on the capital, Port-au-Prince. Odelyn Joseph / AP file

   The Haiti crisis, explained: Violence, hunger and unstable political

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   Why was Haiti thrown into crisis in March 2024?

   • Haiti was thrown into crisis at the start of March, as gangs called for the resignation of Prime Minister Henry and his government. For the first time, according to security sources, rival gangs and coalitions began to wreak coordinated havoc, sharing territory for tactical advances. Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 15, 2024.

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   Is Port-au-Prince a gang city?

   • “As far as I’m concerned, the entire city is run by gangs,” said another, showing CNN a map of the dense urban sprawl of Port-au-Prince, where he says he is unable to predict where fire might come from. Eighty percent of Port-au-Prince is currently controlled by gangs, according to UN estimates.

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   What's happening in Haiti?

   • Haitians face humanitarian crises, vast danger and a recent attack on a university hospital that was scheduled to reopen. A road in Port-au-Prince last month. Some 3 million people have fled the capital since gangs took over in February. Carens Siffroy / AFP via Getty Images

   Surge in violence forces more than 53,000 to flee Port-au-Prince in

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3. www.nbcnews.com › news › worldThe Haiti crisis, explained: Violence, hunger and unstable ...

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   Mar 13, 2024 · Chaos has gutted Port-au-Prince and Haiti's government, a crisis brought on by decades of political disruption, a series of natural disasters and a power vacuum left by the president's...

4. www.cnn.com › 2024/03/02 › americasHaiti declares state of emergency after mass prison escape

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   Mar 2, 2024 · The government cited the “deterioration of security,” notably in the capital Port-au-Prince, and “increasingly violent criminal acts perpetrated by armed gangs,” including kidnappings and...

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   Mar 16, 2024 · Eighty percent of Port-au-Prince is currently controlled by gangs, according to UN estimates. Haiti was thrown into crisis at the start of March, as gangs called for the resignation of...

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6. www.theguardian.com › world › 2024‘It’s a siege, it’s a war’: Haiti’s gangs tighten violent ...

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   Apr 1, 2024 · Port-au-Prince, the capital, has plunged into chaos, and gangs have shifted their offensive to places once considered safe. Tom Phillips and Etienne Côté-Paluck in Port-au-Prince. Mon 1 Apr 2024 ...

7. news.un.org › en › storyCrisis in Haiti worsens after month-long siege on Port-au-Prince

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   Apr 4, 2024 · As a siege imposed by heavily armed gangs on Port-au-Prince, Haiti, stretches into a second month, the UN migration agency sounded an alarm on Thursday about the ever-worsening humanitarian...

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9. news.un.org › en › story‘Extremely alarming’ conditions worsen in Haiti’s capital: UN ...

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   Mar 21, 2024 · The situation in the gang-ravaged capital of Haiti has gone from worrying to “extremely alarming” as conditions in Port-au-Prince continue to worsen amid growing hunger and serious shortages...