US EditionNearly 300 women and children have been kidnapped in Haiti this year, UNICEF reports
- In the first half of 2023, almost 300 women and minors have been kidnapped by criminal gangs in Haiti, according to UNICEF. This number is close to the total for the entire previous year and is triple the 2021 tally.
- The rise in abductions is causing deep physical and psychological scars for the victims, and UNICEF warns of the disturbing increase in such incidents.
- Haiti is facing a catastrophic situation, with almost half of the population, including three million children, in need of humanitarian assistance.
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Gangs control about 80% of Port-au-Prince, the capital, and violent crimes such as rapes, kidnappings for ransom, armed robberies, and carjackings are daily.
Haiti is suffering from fighting between gangs, which, according to UN estimates, control 80 percent of the capital Port-au-Prince and terrorize the population with brutal - including sexual - violence.
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Kidnappings of women, children spiking in Haiti where a US nurse, daughter remain captive
As a kidnapped American nurse and her child marked their 11th day in captivity in Haiti on Monday, the United Nations’ leading child-welfare agency says it is seeing an alarming spike in the abductions of women and children in the…
Kidnappings of women, children spiking in Haiti where a US nurse, daughter remain captive
As a kidnapped American nurse and her child marked their 11th day in captivity in Haiti on Monday, the United Nations’ leading child-welfare agency says it is seeing an alarming
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