US EditionNearly 300 women and children have been kidnapped in Haiti this year, UNICEF reports
- Kidnappings of women and children in Haiti have surged, with close to 300 abductions reported in the first half of 2023, nearly reaching last year's total.
- The kidnappings are primarily carried out by armed groups for financial or tactical gains, causing widespread concern and threatening the people of Haiti and those providing assistance.
- The violence and insecurity in Haiti, fueled by gang violence and political instability, have led to the closure of healthcare facilities and the displacement of thousands of people. Efforts to restore order and address the situation have been challenging.
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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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