Hope Fades in Haiti as Gangs Spread, Outside Help Blocked
Voice of America
A National Police officer patrols an intersection in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 26, 2024. A police officer inspects a public transportation vehicle at a checkpoint in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Jan. 26, 2024. FILE - A police officer holds onto a man injured during gang clashes, as they are driven away on the back of a moto-taxi, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2023.
Radio stations across Haiti were jammed with calls just hours after a court in Kenya blocked the deployment of a U.N.-backed police force to help fight gangs in the troubled Caribbean country.
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