The United Nations has revealed that more than 600 people were killed last month in a new wave of extreme violence in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.
The world body also stated that Haiti was suffering from political and economic challenges.
According to the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, “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.
“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.”
Since the death of president Jovenel Moise in July 2021, the Caribbean country—the poorest in the Americas—has been engulfed in a political and economic catastrophe, with gangs now in charge of the majority of Port-au-Prince.
UN representatives have been pleading with the Security Council to send a specialist, non-UN international armed force to assist police in reestablishing order for months.
