As international force struggles to stabilize Haiti, calls grow for UN force
Voice of America
Members of the Armed Forces of Haiti patrol in Petion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Nov. 19, 2024. Police and civilian self-defense groups killed 28 alleged gang members in Port-au-Prince in an overnight operation, authorities said Tuesday. A resident carries tires to be added to a burning barricade to deter gang members from entering his neighborhood, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Nov. 19, 2024.
A senior U.N. official urged the international community on Wednesday to make good on its commitments to fund and equip a multinational security force in Haiti, which is struggling to help the Haitian National Police subdue armed gangs who are terrorizing the population, while some nations want to transform the multinational force into a U.N. peacekeeping force.
