U.N. Report Says Nearly 6 Million Haitians Face Severe Hunger
The U.N. says 5.94 million people face acute food insecurity as gang violence, displacement and high prices deepen the crisis.
- Nearly six million Haitians are experiencing severe hunger, with almost two million facing emergency conditions, according to a report released Wednesday by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification.
- Gang violence, displacement, and high food prices drive the crisis in the Caribbean nation, compounded by extreme El Niño weather; heavily armed gangs block roads to Port-au-Prince, chasing farmers from lands and preventing goods from reaching the capital.
- Families sometimes travel 15 kilometers to find food distribution sites because gangs block access, said Maxime Ngalula, Action Against Hunger country director for Haiti, adding that negotiations with gangs can take up to three days.
- El Salvador deployed more than 1,000 soldiers to Haiti following an Oct 18 attack in Port-au-Prince that left four Salvadorean aviation technicians missing, while the World Food Program requires $78 million to sustain operations through March.
- Davina Hayles, Doctors Without Borders head of mission in Haiti, expressed concern Wednesday regarding escalating violence in densely populated neighborhoods, fearing the armed conflict will displace more people and claim additional victims.
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6 million in Haiti face severe hunger amid violence, displacement and El Niño
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A new report has found that nearly six million people in Haiti are experiencing severe hunger, with almost two million facing emergency conditions.
UN News Today 29 October 2026
Emergency food kits help Haitians facing growing hunger In Haiti, more than 5.9 million people face ever higher food insecurity, amid a deepening hunger crisis driven by violent insecurity and this year’s Super El Niño. That’s the warning from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which cited latest assessments indicating that the island nation […]
Nearly six million people in Haiti suffer from severe hunger, and nearly two million face emergency conditions, according to a new report published on Wednesday.
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