Haiti gang violence claims 5,000 lives in less than a year, UN report
HAITI, JUL 12 – Gang violence has claimed nearly 5,000 lives and displaced over 1.3 million people across Haiti, with gangs controlling 90% of the capital, the United Nations reported.
- A UN report published in July 2025 states that gang violence in Haiti has killed nearly 5,000 people since October 2024, mainly near Port-au-Prince.
- This surge began after a mass killing in Pont-Sondé in October 2024 and arose amid weak state presence and political chaos since President Moïse's 2021 assassination.
- The violence has expanded into Artibonite and Centre regions, uprooting over 1.3 million people and heightening human rights abuses by gangs and armed self-defence groups.
- UN officials warned that gangs now control 90% of the capital and that human rights violations prove the urgent need for international intervention to protect civilians.
- Without coordinated support to authorities, the conflict risks destabilizing Haiti further and worsening the humanitarian crisis, including famine-like conditions affecting a million children.
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Haiti gang violence claims 5,000 lives in less than a year, UN report shows
Almost 5,000 people have been killed in Haiti since October 2024, displacing hundreds of thousands as gang violence has escalated particularly around the capital Port-au-Prince, according to a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) report published on Friday.
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