Haiti sanctions renewed: Starving the gangs of bullets
By Daniel Dickinson October 14, 2026 © WFP/Sylvain Barral People who have fled their homes due to gang violence in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, rest in a community space in a safer neighbourhood. Haiti is living through one of the world’s most acute security crises. Armed gangs control large parts of the capital, Port-au-Prince, and are pushing into rural areas, terrorising communities, killing people, committing rape and other sexual assaults, kidnapping for ransom and extorting...