Hunger, Displacement Surge in Haiti With Intervention Plan Delayed

UN says more than 200,000 people forced to flee violence
Kenya-backed security mission facing legal challenges

Residents set up a new displacement camp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sept. 14.Photographer: Giles Clarke/Getty Images

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October 30, 2023 at 2:12 PM EDT

Rampant violence has forced an additional 40,000 people from their homes in Haiti’s capital, with plans for a Kenyan-led security force bogged down by legal challenges.

Hundreds of civilians have been killed “and tens of thousands have been chased from their homes” in neighborhoods around Port-au-Prince in the last two and half months, the United Nations’ World Food Programme said Monday.

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