Haiti situation 'catastrophic' and growing worse, UN warns - BBC News

As gang violence continues to rage, two-thirds of children are now in need of aid, the UN warns.

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Many children are among the more than 360,000 displaced by the violenceBy Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC NewsThree million children in Haiti are in need of humanitarian assistance as continuing gang violence hampers aid delivery, the head of the UN children's agency, Unicef, has said.

Catherine Russell said the situation in gang-wracked Haiti was "catastrophic" and growing worse "by the day".

She told a meeting of the UN Security Council that in many areas essential services had collapsed.

Meanwhile, a transitional presidential council has still not been sworn in.

While Haiti has been blighted by gangs for years, the armed groups stepped up their attacks at the end of February when Prime Minister Ariel Henry travelled to Kenya to seal a deal for a multinational security force to be deployed to the Caribbean nation.

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