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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres traveled to Haiti on Tuesday as gang violence continues to drive a humanitarian crisis. More than 1.5 million people have been displaced and over 2,300 killed this year.
France 24UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Haiti on Tuesday as gang violence continues to drive a humanitarian crisis in the country.
Guterres arrived in Port-au-Prince amid ongoing violence by armed groups. The United Nations reported that 2,300 people have been killed and 100 kidnapped in Haiti this year. 5 million people have been forced from their homes, representing more than one in 10 Haitians. A senior defence ministry official was abducted last week.
A new gang-suppression force is scheduled for deployment in the land.
Visit comes as international efforts continue to address the security vacuum left by insufficient police presence.
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