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Haiti’s Children Under Siege: 2024 Marks Year of Unprecedented Violence and Humanitarian Crisis

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By Haiti 24 News PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The year 2024 will be remembered as one of the darkest chapters in Haiti’s history, as the nation grapples with an explosion of gang violence that has disproportionately targeted children and families, plunging the country into an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe. A harrowing report by UNICEF, released this week…

Haiti’s Children Become ‘Battlegrounds’ as Gang Violence Fuels 1,000% Surge in Sexual Assaults, UNICEF Reports

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Haiti’s descent into lawlessness under gang rule has triggered an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe, with sexual violence against children surging by 1,000% since 2023, according to a dire warning from UNICEF. Armed groups now control 85% of the capital, Port-au-Prince, turning neighborhoods into zones of terror where minors are subjected to kidnappings, rape, and forced recruitment,…